Hi Kriserin,
Welcome, welcome. I have a 29 year history with shunts. When I had my last shunt, I frequently had discomfort which I can only discribe as an arthritic type of discomfort that radiated from my collar bone down my right arm. Often, sleep would allieviate this, sometimes it wouldn't. Since my most recent shunt revision in Dec. 1998, I no longer experience this. I also sometimes experienced a cramping type of sensation at the distal end of the tube in my abdomine.

Hi,
Austin had a pull ( sometimes bad shoulder pain)for a while when he was 6 it was a calcium deposit on his neck pulling(you could see a lump on his neck and a few small ones too) and tummy thing too, it did go in a few +months Austin would lay down rub his neck and tummy and said it would help??? laying donw always seemed to help Austin
Does Collin have a IEP? he needs one, if you feel or notice things always trust your gut, ask for a IEP right away put one in place and keep it till 12th grade no matter how good they think he is doing
I'll check back later, got to run also the oringinal braintalk is back up here is the address... http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums
Deborah