I’m so sorry to hear this… I was SO AFRAID of a brain shunt and Dr. Diana told me her story about how she avoided shunts and cervical fusions with Diamox – it lowered my CSF pressure enough that we were able to skip the shunt. YEA! Shunts, frankly, r pretty archaic — they need to work on their technology — even the doctors agree with that! I wish I could help you more, but my heart breaks a little bit when I hear about shunts and their problems. 🙁