I'm not sure if I have the right area to post this question, but it is kinda' related to the surgery stuff.
At 2 weeks old, I had a shunt put in when I developed hydroencephilitis after having menningitis (which is where I developed seizures). Everyone who has asked me about when I had the shunt replaced (including physicians) looks at me in disbelief when I tell them "never". My mother told me that "they put enough tubing in you just in case you ever got to be a 6 foot-er." I'll admit, at only 27" long at birth, I don't know where the surgeons would've found room for enough extra tubing as I grew to never have to do surgery again! I'm just wondering...am I just a one time luck of the draw, if you will, with this, or has anyone else gone through their whole life so far (I'm 37) without having need for shunt replacement?
At 2 weeks old, I had a shunt put in when I developed hydroencephilitis after having menningitis (which is where I developed seizures). Everyone who has asked me about when I had the shunt replaced (including physicians) looks at me in disbelief when I tell them "never". My mother told me that "they put enough tubing in you just in case you ever got to be a 6 foot-er." I'll admit, at only 27" long at birth, I don't know where the surgeons would've found room for enough extra tubing as I grew to never have to do surgery again! I'm just wondering...am I just a one time luck of the draw, if you will, with this, or has anyone else gone through their whole life so far (I'm 37) without having need for shunt replacement?