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flying with chiari malformation

by bev141066, Jun 26, 2008 08:19AM
my 18 year old son has just been diagnosed with this condition. we go on holiday o spain in 3 weeks time, can he fly before having the decompression surgery? the flight is 2 hours.
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by dieselann, Jul 21, 2008 09:58PM
To: bev141066
I have lived with ACM for 25 years. I had surgery 13 years ago. I flew before and after surgery and still fly, no problems. I had them postpone my surgery 3 weeks because we had a trip to Bahamas planned. I had the surgery 2 weeks after I got back
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