Let’s be honest: They are human too (despite some of them having a god-like complex). They can, and do, make mistakes but they also save lives. The difference: A surgeon who doesn’t make the effort, gives up because it’s too hard, or simply dismisses your concerns. VS A surgeon...
Articles with the Tag Shunt surgery
Brain surgery: What you may not have considered…
Concussion, based on a true story, is currently playing on Netflix (until 9 June). It’s scary how being able to relate to something, so serious, can hit you so hard. Despite it being centred around the National Football League (NFL), the bottom line of this movie, and how it...
Brain surgery cost is ridiculous. This is why.
This post is more about the total cost involved with care, treatment, surgery and overall recovery. I would go so far as to say; aside from the financial cost, there’s an impact on ones mental, physical and emotional state as well. And, under the right circumstances, can have the...
Hydrocephalus: What shunt type is right for you…?
After diagnosis (Age 29), I was told by the attending Neurosurgeon, that he’d be putting in a Medtronic Strata Programmable VP Shunt (Ventriculoperitoneal). It goes into the ventricle in your brain, fed down the side of you head, behind your ear, down your neck and chest, and into your...
Hydrocephalus : My Issue Is Scar Tissue…maybe…
Abdominal Adhesions/Scar tissue “Abdominal adhesions are bands of fibrous tissue that can form between abdominal tissues and organs. Normally, internal tissues and organs have slippery surfaces, preventing them from sticking together as the body moves. However, abdominal adhesions cause tissues and organs in the abdominal cavity to stick together.”...
How I cope is much the same as being like a duck
In my book Hydrocephalus floating faithfully, I speak about a time where I had a defining moment. It was just after having my first surgery and shunt placement in 2007. I had come back to work after being off for a couple of weeks. Everything felt foreign to me...