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Old 03-22-2012, 06:42 PM
dowdj1958 dowdj1958 is offline
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Angry Shunt pain

Just be glad you don't live in Hawaii. First the Doctors here told me I had Parkinson's disease and gave me medication that made me insane, suicidal, homicidal and delusional. I lost my job of 12 years, my home, many relationships I had and I got arrested and spent 12 days in jail. I begged to be given a brain scan for 18 months and finally when they did it the doc called me and said "stop those meds! you dont have Parkinson's you have hydrocephalus." You would think that would be the end of the nightmare but it was just starting. The doctors here told me things lke "You don't get headaches from Hydrocephalus" (this was a nuerosurgeon??!!) and "the (migrating) catheter can't cause pain or preforations...it never happens". I have had my V-P shunt 7 months since 7-22-11. I have had 4 surgeries for the migrating catheter, the doctors continue to smirk at me and mumble about pain medications and addiction. The doctors have been so terrorized by the DEA into refusing medication I have to just get by on one or two hours of sleep a night and stabbing pains every time I take a deep breath or worse, sneeze or cough. The latest plan is a V-A shunt next week. I can hear the doctor now telling me "Your not feeling what you're feeling" or "This doesn't hurt...uh.. that's not what you're feeling...are you sure your not addicted to the pain meds???"
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