"A few weeks after that neurosurgery, while briefly released from stationary care, I developed signs of brain overpressure - from too much CSF, which can cause strokes and death - so I went back for number four.
A particularly low point came in January 2025, when the swelling on my forehead came back; the neurosurgeons told me it was CSF leaking from the cranial cavity, indicating a common post-neurosurgery complication called “postoperative hydrocephalus.”"
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