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10-05-2010, 12:39 AM | #1 | ||
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I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE SUFFER ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH FAULTY SHUNTS I HAD A MEDTRONIC STRATA VALVE ADJUSTMENT BY MAGNET THAT KEPT LOSING ITS SETTING AFTER 13 TIMES. HAVE HAD IT REMOVED NOW NO PROBLEMS WITH HEADACHES NAUSEA ETC SINCE REMOVAL 3 MONTHS AGO, CAN ANYONE SUGGEST HOW I CAN START UP A GROUP TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM THIS IS. WOULD LOVE TOO HEAR FROM OTHERS OUT THERE. THE MAKERS SAY IT CAN'T HAPPEN I HAVE KEPT CLEAR OF ANY MAGNETIC SOURCES. I HAVE HAD NO HELP FROM MY N.S OR MEDTRONIC REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. CAN ANYONE HELP
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05-18-2011, 04:23 PM | #2 | ||
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05-26-2011, 09:35 PM | #3 | ||
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I have a Strata valve currently and it has caused more issues than i can count. I have bad pressure when i change positions like lying down to standing up or vise versa. Sneezing, coughing, even pooping. I am in terrible pain and can't find a neuro surgeon in Kansas City with my insurance coverage that will touch me.
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05-30-2011, 05:21 PM | #4 | ||
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Hi all ...first lemme say I'm new here
I too have a adjustable shunt I have had it since 09 and it seems like o have more headaches then not I dunno what the problem is but every time .I get a ct scan they say my ventricals are enlarged but they never adjust the pressure or even check it My head is pounding right now as I type this My balance is off and blurred vision ...sometime I feel like someone should decapitate me Just so I don't have to deal with this anymore ..I have had just about 20 or so surgeries on my head ...in 09 they had to revise it approximately 5 times In 01 15 times half the time I can't even be a father to my 2yr old son This isn't fair to him he didn't ask to be here ..I feel like a piece of crap |
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06-10-2011, 11:25 AM | #5 | ||
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I have been dealing with horrific headaches, dizziness, nausea and vomitting for nearly 2 weeks. I was told that I have slit ventricle syndrome and now the apparently the ventricle has collapsed on the shunt. My shunt {medtronic strata w/siphon control} cannot depress the resevoir, it's just rock hard. I apparently have very low icp according to the shunt tap, but I had a lp also and they said the pressure was 10.4. I am growing very concerned since everything I read tells me that the shunt not depressing indicates a blockage and now I'm supposed to go in and have the medtronic person reprogram it at a higher pressure. My concerns are two-fold, since my shunt also has an anti siphon device, which clearly did not work, the valve cannot depress indicating blockage, what in the heck would make them think that it could be reprogrammed at this point? I am very concerned, since the possible complications at this point are severe. I do not know what to do??? The neurosurgeon was set to switch out my shunt, but says I'm inoperable since the ventricular collapse...what the heck is going to happen to me? All I can do now is lay down and even at that I still have a headache and nausea. They gave me zofran for nausea, but I'm useless anymore...please any info would help
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06-20-2011, 09:23 PM | #6 | ||
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Hi everyone! I'm new to this group. Just looking for some advice. I've had Hydrocephalus since birth and my most recent shunt revision was in 1997. I have a VP shunt so reading about all the new programmable shunts is interesting. I've been having some symptoms over the past 2 weeks and they are leading up to a shunt malfunction I'm afraid. My dr isn't getting in any hurry about doing anything to fix it though.
I looking forward to talking with everyone about this and hope to offer any advice to those that need it or would just like to talk. Hydrotexan26 |
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06-22-2011, 12:33 AM | #7 | ||
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06-27-2011, 10:37 AM | #8 | ||
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I had 19 shunt revisions a few years ago, and now have a Codman-Hickman programmble. To make a long story short, had the codman-hickman not been installed, I wouldn't be here, but the quality of my life is poor. I vomit every day, and the headaches are horrendous.
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06-28-2011, 08:46 PM | #9 | ||
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