Originally Posted by TMOORE

Hey Rob,
I had vp shunt put in 3 yrs ago at age 33. At that time I had terrible headaches, my stomach couldnt get used to the csf at all, and i was off a bit off(like my gait, concentration, eye sight, dizzy). It was prob 6mo to 1 year before i felt even close to myself again. Also i lost my mind However, nowadays my body has acclamated to this ******* thing. im back in the gym, workin, living normal life.
I never had my shunt adjusted, its fixed not programmable. i still have headaches(ibuprofen, tylenol) and upset stomach and abdom pains. i just deal with it. when i go to different docs for my pains and symptoms they all say 'duh' "go see your NS there is prob something wrong with your shunt" and i've been there a million times for ct scans and that arrogant *** (NS) sees me for 2 mins. and says everything is fine. I often wish he would just try to adjust it but he wont. Hope this helps. im 100% sometimes and in pain and miserable sometimes too-but im able to tolerate it