New to group from St. Louis, MO

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone I am new to the group and am excited to finally talk to people

that are going through the same thing that I am. I was diagnosed 8/07 with

Chiari and 9/27/07 I had a Chiari Decompression. My life has been turned upside

down and Chiari runs my life I don't run my life. I am unable to work because

the pain in my head gets so bad at times. I may be good for 1-2 days and then

i'm in bed for 2-3 even 4 days because the pressure gets so bad. I'm still have

a lot of the same symptoms that I was having prior to my surgery but yet all the

MRI's of my brain come back good, so the doctors say. Over the last six months I

have gotten left sided weakness and my left arm hurts all the time. I recently

had an MRI of my neck and was told that I have some pinched nerves and that I

needed to go see a pain management doctor. I just don't understand everything

that has happened in the last three years. I had to give up a wonderful

government job and now instead of me taking care of people I have to be taken

care of and this just isn't fair...