What does it mean when a neuro surgent says this?

[LCampbell911]

My name is latoria I have a venticular shunt and it was last revived in 1997. For the last three weeks I have been experiencing abdomen pain near my surgical scar. As well as complaining about not getting enough sleep even after getting eight hours of sleep. My dad has also been noticing that a decline in my appetite. My neuro surgent called me after I emailed him monday and said he would like to "explore my shunt". My question is what exactly does his mean does this mean?

[Threewheelmobile]

I have the same thing .My abdomen is filling up with water and I am all bloated. Holding water. How are you boules doing can you go to the toilet properly because I found a great middle to help get them working properly. It is called Colin Clean. I found that after clearing out my boules the pain subsided. This will in turn give you exactly as me loss of appetite. He( your surgeon ) wants to see if the shunt is working properly! Do it! Have it checked out . It can be that it needs to be turned up a notch to help drain the fluids better or turned down a notch. By all means have it done.
Howere my darling please check into the middle colin clean for your boules. You will be feeling so much better. The chemicals that they give you to get your boules moving is crap. You want the good stuff to get your boules working because if you have a blockage in your boules if presses on your abdomen when the  shunt end comes out. It hurts like hell! I know the felling.
Good luck luv.

[Dr Sharma]

Hello dear Campbell, welcome to the medhelp forum. You have been operated for some neurological condition wherein you had raised intracranial pressure due to outflow obstruction for which a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was placed. this facilitates and provides a conduit for csf flow from the ventricle in brain to the peritoneum lining the abdomen. Blockage of VP shunt is a known complication and since you are having pain and symptoms localizing to the abdomen, this shunt needs to be explored surgically. The surgeon will put open the abdominal end and I think the ventricular end too (check with him) after you have been anesthetized, to look for any blockage at either of the ends. A revision of shunt is done if so. I hope this helps. Take care and all the very best.