George,
I do not know how much faith you have in your neuro, but I've lost trust in mine since he looked at a CAT scan showing my very enlarged vents and told me my headaches were not hydro related.
My neuro also told me he could not drain the vents for fear of my skull crushing, but I'm starting to find information that is making me question his opinion.
If you can follow my logic, when the vents in the brain enlarge, room is made for them by "squishing" brain matter. If the vents contract, the brain matter re-expands, which relieves the headaches.
I just saw a CAT scan from someone with hydro before and after shunt surgery. The before CAT shows enlarged vents, but the after shunt surgery CAT shows normal size vents. That's when I looked and wondered if my self-appointed-god-like neuro treated me incorrectly for the past 20 years.
On the other side of the coin, if he's correct and my vents, because of their size, cannot be drained, they why can't he understand my head "pains" would come from the enlarged vents, or brain matter pushing against my skull.
They have tried treating my headaches as migraines, psychological, tension, eye sight, you name it. I am not a medical professional but would like to know why none of them ever work on the effects of the pressure the enlarged vents cause.
I am on a crusade to find out the answer to my questions, and I'll keep you updated with my findings.