Chiari Malformation Community

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Welcome to the Chiari and Syringomyelia Forum...

selmaS

Please read this message before you post! This is a good place for info and comfort. If you are here, then you, or someone close t...

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Need some advice.

azztastic

Hey guys, I could use some advice. I had surgery for my chiari back in January, and I have had 10 more surgeries. They mostly been reexa...

1 answer | 5 comments

Praying for no shunt

KerriC1

Not so much a question. Just an update. As I said earlier my leak was found and I had a targeted blood patch done on Friday. They had to ...

1 answer

camp Lejeune

chiariKim

I'm new to the site. Was diagnosed in 7/2011~surgery in12/2011, after duffering 46 years. My question is....How many of you were at ca...

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Has anyone bought forearm crutches because they found it difficult to walk?

squidlovescats

I was recently diagnosed with Chiari on the 18th of September. This past Friday, I was struggling a little bit to get up the stairs but t...

2 answers | 32 comments

September is almost over......

selmaS

What have you done for Chiari awareness during September this year? I tried to wear purple more often and I tried to post something on...

2 answers | 4 comments

Brain loose in skull- feeling?

Ball123

Does anyone feel like their brain is somehow loose in the skull and just bounces around in there whenever you move your head quickly? ...

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