Working, whilst providing routine, interpersonal relationships, goals, achievements and most importantly Christmas parties, subsidised canteens and the odd office romance, can be a bit of a challenge on top of dealing with a medical condition.…
**03 September update: I’ve been asked a couple of times recently about shunt malfunction symptoms so I’ve just posted the answer I gave to a recent letter below as the first question/answer under ‘shunt…
ICP probes and all that jazz ICP monitoring is a term you may have heard of if you have hydrocephalus. You may have had it before; this post is really aimed at those who…
At the time of this ‘going to press’ (ie 7th August), my own shunt has decided to play up so tomorrow I am going to hospital in London to see my surgeon. I am…
If I had a pound for every time somebody has exclaimed; ‘you’ve had brain surgery? What was that like?’, I wouldn’t have to work. Well, maybe I’d have to work a bit – but…
It’s a Bad Head Day. Most people have Bad Hair Days. Well, I have those too…notably for about six months following a surgery when the surgical team have shaved off half my hair. But…
I have a hangover. This is not good. Hangovers are never good at the best of times, but when you have hydrocephalus, it’s a bad situation. I would like to state before I continue…
