Well, I asked my neuro if he could just check into doing the same surgery in the same place (my back, side, and stomach) and he said he would. The tube might not be working if it is kinked or blocked or something. He said if he opens me up and he finds out that it is in perfect shape, just not performing the way it should, he's going to be putting a new one in my head

. I guess that one attaches directly to the brain instead of the spinal cord, threads down through the chest, and then empties into the stomach. I've actually only had this disease since the birth of my daughter. Don't know if having eclampsya (sp?) during the pregnancy had anything to do with it or not. I always had low blood pressure before that, too, and the last couple times they've admitted me to the hospital its been hovering around 200/170

. Its one of those diseases that only like 12,000 people have, so nobody knows really anything about it.
I'm not sure exactly how much hair he's planning on taking off. It's
really long now, so I know I'll miss it. From what he told me, I could still cover it up with the rest of my hair. I actually thought about getting a haircut like that, though. Once when my daughter was small, her brother took the scissors to her hair

, so it was either that or some kind of a mullet. Needless to say, I opted for that hairstyle, and it ended up looking really good. I've never had short hair, so I don't know if I'm brave enough.
I don't work for my mom or anything, but I know she doesn't like me getting tats/piercings. She yells at me every time! But I still do it. I have a really big one on my forearm, my work doesn't say anything about it. But I figure if I have to, I can always cover it up with long sleeves. My lip piercing they give me grief over, but I've had it long enough that I can take it out without it closing up. Apparantly with my job I can get a tattoo on my forehead if I want one, but no facial piercings ever!! Oh well, lots of other places can be pierced.