has anyone experienced this or just me?

[ian]

Hi all
i know i have posted this before but just wanted to see who may had esperienced what i had experienced in 94 ....In 1994 i had sudden and sereve headache it was sooooo bad i was unable to move or speak and unconscious the the hospital wanted to do a cat scan but couldn't cause of my hadache instead they did the F.A.S.T test (Face - to make me smile , A - to try to make me raise my arms .. S - to try and make me speak and T for time).. after i was admitted over night for observation the wrost thing happened and that is i felt everything in my brain including the sharp head piece of my shunt .... Has it happened to anyone esle? ...yes i am going to see my NS about it also at the end of the year
ian

[CathyE]

Ian,

No, I've never experienced that. It sounds horrible!

Do you mean that you've experienced it again? Or are you just trying to figure out what was going on?

How are you doing today?

Hope you get your answers,
Cathy

[Austinsmom]

shunt failure.
boy is it scary.:eek:
Austin has had many shunt failures, his first one he was just confused and could not answer simple questions, he was dazed, then came the headache and the ER.(3 revisions in 3 weeks, and 4 weeks in hospital.)
a few shunt failures were slamming headaches and no speech. (revisions)
some were headaches to no body function, feeling like he had to go to the restroom but not being able to ( for over 24 hours) confused, to mute, then to not moving at all. Had to be carried out of the car to ER (revision)
flips me out.
headaches, ataxia, terrible head pain, ER (revision)
Austin has had grandmals where he stops breathing, nothing moved he did not talk for over 24 hours
Austin had one time a terrible headache, rested in bed, woke moaning, walked to car, 1/2 way to hospital he stopped talking, was breathing but was limp, they ran him to the operation room through the ER, his shunt was very clogged.( revision)
I hate shunt failure, it can be slow and almost unnoticeable, to so fast you must be flown out in a helicopter.
I think everyone needs to know the different ways others have had shunt failures, for Austin most of these shunt failures, he does not remember the worse times, but with you Ian it seems you felt and remembered it all, and that is very stressful It is hard to live through and with shunt failure, it can seem to be looming in the distance, so it is good to be aware
Hugs
Deborah

[ian]

Hi Cathy
no it hasn't happened again ,it only happened just the once, thank goodness but yes i am just trying to figure out what went wrong!

Deborah what are you saying i am alittle confused! :confused:

[Austinsmom]

:) Sorry I went on......:o not meaning to be confusing
but when I read your post it sounded like Shunt failure to me or intermittent shunt malfunction.
so i listed Austin's shunt failures, I guess it is PTSD on my part:D
Hope you are doing well
HUgs
Deborah

[ian]

sorry i forgot to mention before that the sudden severe headache was of unknown cause thats what my NS said the next morning ... my mistake sorry