You know , I had that same thing couple months back , the pain along my tubeing in my head and chest ,, and i went to see my NS and he said sometimes you can get pains like that but with time it will go away..Said its just the tubeing trying to get comfortable lol ....but after a lil while it went away....although it is a sign of infection , but with that it is red around the area also ....
oh by the way , My name is Ginger , I am 26 yrs old , have had hydro since birth , around 80 surgeries plus other shunt related surgeries . I have a LP and VP shunt , Slit Ventricle Syndrome, and Epilepsy since age 2 been on meds for my whole life ..Just thought id tell ya what my doc told me...ttyl

Thanks for the responses!

Good to hear that it's not likely to be an infected shunt. But I don't fancy the idea of the thing coming to the end of its life. Such a whimp, aren't I?

I think that it's adhesions. Which I don't think is life-threatening. But it's a real pain.

Anyway, I've now told my GP that I need to see a neurosurgoen and she's making me an appointment. He probably won't have the faintest, either, but let's see!