Hydrocephalus and LP shunts?

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Hello there... I had my decompression surgery on March 18 of this year. Shortly after that i developed Hydrocephalus and had to have a LP shunt put in on April 24. With in the first week of me having the shunt I got very sick and was put back in the hospital. My NS had to reset and adjust the dumping level on the shunt twice. I am still having cramping and nausea. My pain is manageable but is this cramping and nausea normal ... it isnt all the time ... I dont know if my stomach is cramping when my shunt is dumping maybe??? i donno ... but i didnt think i should still be having problems. Has anyone else had problems with shunts??

any infor will help thanks.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

melissa

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Hi there! It is nice to see that someone else has an LP. My situation was the same ad yours. Don’t give up! Mine was adjusted five times since I had it placed last June. Finally at a five. The nausea could be from over draining. Even though its been almost a year I still get very sore in the abdomen and back. I have to be extremely careful about lifting, twisting an get up slowly. I do have periods midday of extreme nausea. If you want, feel free to message me. It is rare to find anyone with this type is shunt. I couldn’t have a VP dueto extremely small ventricles. Hope this helps.