LP shunt update

It has been a crazy, and life changing few weeks. I had the shunt placed, my head pain, and majority of Intracranial Hypertension symptoms have gone away. I have now gone back to work, and am so exhausted from the first few days, but not like before. I don’t get dizzy by the end of the day, my vision is almost normal, and while I have pain from the tubing as it settles in, the pain I had before is gone. I feel different, and it is a good different.

There is something I have been thinking about. This disease as well as PCOS has taken my ability to have children, has wreaked it’s havoc on my body, and caused me to gain so much weight that I am at a point in which maybe watching what I eat and or following a program isn’t working. I had a discussion with my GP, and she mentioned that she has changed her mind on gastric bypass. She believes from the research she has looked at that by going through gastric bypass I would be able to get pregnant. I questioned her on it, did my own research, and sure enough they have done studies on it, and it is looking like it is affecting PCOS women by reversing the hormonal imbalance and 18 months after, women are able to get pregnant. Is that my ideal age to have my first child? No, it isn’t. In the meantime, we are going to foster adopt.

In reality, one pregnancy will be enough for me. I am ok with that. I want at least two children, and through foster adopting we can have that and we can help much children who need someone positive in their lives. I can’t wait to jump into that.

Am I making the right decision on the gastric bypass? Only time will tell, and maybe going to the information meeting will make me realize it isn’t the right decision. What I do know is that IVF is out for us unless we come across major amounts of money, and any other fertility treatments since insurances right now won’t cover those.

I will also say, I have the best husband in the world. He has been there every step of the way. There was some complaining, but he has made sure that I was comfortable and well taken care of while recovering, and I truly wouldn’t have gotten through this without him. God gave him to me at just the right time. Now it is time for some good to come. Our first two years we were dealt with incredibly difficult health issues for me, so it should all be up from here.