its 2 years since the craniotomy  done. the nutrition feed is through peg.
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consulte with the Docter.
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http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr_feb04_foramen.html
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I'm afraid its not normal ...\n\nyou better consult some other doctor.. the surgeon who operated upon your child is not going to accept his fault ... u know what I mean ?\n\nso better go to some good surgeon (military or civil)
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Should not be.  He should be up and feeling good by the next day.  I work at day care and i have seen kids come in after 4 hours after there surgery and they are fine. Up and running around.  Those are the younger ones, but I would say mabey 1 day off of school and then he should be good to go!  Good luck
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08/29/2005 :  11:18:43   \nWell guys we have some good news on Akili. The rehab center where he is at in Austin is continuously looking after him and making sure they do everything they can to help him recover. He is now coughing on his own and starting to hold his head up. The latest tests run on him have showed that both sides of his brain are showing brain waves compared to the hospital saying that half of his brain was gone. This is a huge plus for Akili. This is the latest on Mr.Gray and I will continue to keep you updated on his condition.
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No person should have to go through that. There has to be something that can be done for the patient. That does not sound normal, especially after 8 years- that could possibly cause other medical complications if it hasn't already. They should see their physician. If he doesn't help, get a second opinion.
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honey, your stomach is the shape of a cherry. yes a cherry. can't get any food in there. so stop trying to eat more than a cherry. that's why u are eating LIQUID. you will be ok, just don't eat FOOD. do what the doctor says and if you don't you will end up like a co worker who had lap band surgery, and now is so skinny, he's walking death. seems he kept eating (taco bell food no less plus mcdonalds) and of course, he couldn't digest fats so now his body is wasting away (he's 6' and weights about 70 pounds) and looks horrible. so do what the doctor says and stop eating. stay on the diet and you will do very well. another co worker is loosing nicely with lap band and doesn't have all that discomfort anymore. in fact she may have the plastic surgery to get rid of all that extra skin. but she feels and looks like a million. and so will you. keep on the diet ok? good! Peace be with you.  (You look marvelous!) :)
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try eating bananas. they have pottassium in them
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I know someone who has.  The actual operation isn't painful as you are heavily drugged.  Painkillers are given to you after the operation.  The afternath is painful, but doesn't last long. I would take 2 weeks off of work.  Do it though, because in the long run, you'll be thankful!
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Kerrie-\n\nWow, that's a big question.  First of all I'm a parent, not a neurosurgeon so don't take this as gospel.  My daughter is almost five and has spina bifida, hydrocephalus and Chiari-2 malformation.  She also has a g-tube (more on that later) but has not suffered from seizures.  She has had the Chiari surgery (it's called decompression) at a very young age-about 13 mos-because her Chiari is pretty pronounced and prior to the surgery she would quickly become sympomatic if her shunt failed (I think we're on about the 20th shunt!).  She was also de-tethered at the beginning of last year because of severe lower back pain.\n\nBasically Chiari means that the brain is shifted down and back in the skull.  This forces the brain stem down into a sort of funnel where it connects to the spinal cord.  When pressure builds in the brain the stem is compressed and nerves are temporarily or permanently damaged.  Typically the nerves that are affected control upper neck and head stuff- breathing, swallowing, vocal cord mobility, etc.  My daughter's cords were paralyzed at 6 mos which caused stridor and aspiration of small amounts of food- hence the g-tube.  During the Chiari decompression surgery bone is removed from around the brain stem making more room for the stem- when the pressure increases there is less effect on the nerves in the stem because there is more room.\n\nTethered cord means that the cord is attached to either the spinal column or scar tissue (in the case of spina bifida).  As the person grows the cord is stretched instead of floating in the CSF in the column.  Stretching the cord usually causes a loss of mobility but can cause back pain.  Actually you are the first parent I've heard from whose child is experiencing pain like my daughter did- usually mobility is the issue.\n\nIs your son suffering from lower back pain?  I haven't heard of Chiari causing back pain but I'm a salesman, not a neurosurgeon.  What I have learned is that the brain and spinal cord are all floating in one interconnected and balanced system of fluid.  Pressure building in one part of the system can cause issues with other parts of the system.  Unfortunately I've also learned that neurosurgery is basically a science of highly educated opinions.  Only so much can show up on an MRI and there are no hard-and-fast rules.  Some kids can tolerate a lot of ventrical pressure and some can't.  Some kids have severe Chiari but are never decompressed because they never show any symptoms- basically their nervous systems can just deal with it.  Some kids lose mobility when their cords are tehtered and others are in pain... you get the point.  At the end of the day it comes down to how much you trust and respect the surgeon and what they are basing their actions on.\n\nI still haven't answered your question, have I?  If your son is experiencing back I would think it's probably caused by the tethered cord so it makes sense that the surgeon wants to do that first.  It really doesn't matter, anyway.  If the cord is tethered that has to be fixed whether it's the cause of the pain or not.  For my daughter the de-tethering was much more difficult to recover from than the decompression surgery but the surgeons were clear that because of the amount of scar tissue from her spina bifida repair that it was probably the most complicated one they had seen.  The decompression was much simlpler- surgery took a few hours and she was home in a week.  It took her a while to get full mobility back in her neck (the surgery is done at the base of the neck) but that was just from the surgical pain.  The Chiari symptoms eased almost instantly and the whole thing was behind us in a month or so.  De-tethering was a much longer procedure with 6+ weeks in the hospital but again her procedure was VERY complicated because of her unique circumstances.  The pain went away after the surgery healed and two months after surgery she wa
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give her St Joseph 81 mg when needed in a spoonful of tuna. yes it is possible we had to have our cats tooth pulled
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I worked with a woman in her late 30's who had one pop.  She had surgery and was in a coma for a while but eventually she did come back to work. I would not say she was recovered fully though. She was much slower in everything, she was very quick to get angry and (not to be mean) she was obviously a little more stupid--she had a hard time with everything.
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the part of her brain that controls those muscles was probably damaged. physical therapy is the best bet for improvement but not a sure thing
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You need to calm down. If your doctor told you to eat fruits and vegetables it is probably in the effort of flushing out your system. Also you should be drinking alot of extra water.They obviously checked you out and determined that the piece of metal is small enough to come out on it's own without surgery. It won't kill you. If after a few days you notice that you are getting very constipated and are unable to have bowel movements go back to the doctor the metal might have gotten stuck in your intestines. If that is the case just go back to see your doctor and they will take care of it. Most importantly, CALM DOWN you're not going to die from this.
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The pain will last awhile. I had my skull cut in half to have brain surjery. The pain is bad afterwards and lying down it does hurt. My head hurt me for quite some time after the surjery. They gave me viokidin and that helped alittle. Youe just going to have to give it time. It took awhile for me.
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He'll probably feel younger and be able to do more but the rest of him will remain the same age as before the operation. Good luck.
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I have quite a few friends that have had the surgery.\nThe longest has been 10 years ago.  None of them have loss any vision since the surgery and they are all very pleased with the outcome.