{"id":52574,"date":"2018-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.institutchiaribcn.com\/testimonios\/patricia-tanis-neuro-cranio-vertebral-syndrome-filum-disease-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i-idiopathic-syringomyelia-and-idiopathic-scoliosis-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:57:23","slug":"united-states-chiari-malformation-story","status":"publish","type":"testimonios","link":"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/united-states-chiari-malformation-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricia Tanis, Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome, Filum Disease, Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I, idiopathic Syringomyelia and idiopathic Scoliosis."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/chiari-malformation-america-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-rounded img-responsive text-wrap\" src=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/chiari-malformation-america-1.jpg\" alt=\"chiari warrior united states\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><strong>Surgery Date: 13 September 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7065\" src=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/united-states-chiari-syringomyelia-treatment.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"17\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been over 2 years since my surgery. I wanted to wait a long time to give feedback. This is my experience.<\/p>\n<p>I suffered with symptoms for a long time. They continued to get progressively worse until I couldn\u2019t take it anymore. Before surgery, literally every time I changed positions it would trigger intense head pain! Just sitting up, stretching or even rolling over in bed would trigger the pain. I had additional issues with swallowing, hiccups, muscle spasms in my neck and upper back, pain in both feet and dizziness.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after surgery, literally all my symptoms were gone. ALL of them. This was very exciting!<\/p>\n<p>For the first 30 days, perhaps due to post surgical steroids, ALL symptoms were gone!<\/p>\n<p>From 2-6 months after surgery I went up and down. I did occasionally have some headaches or dizziness with certain activities or if I did excessive physical activity. My incision did have one spot that an extended time healing. The headache and dizziness was the only symptoms that returned during this time. I believe this was directly related to inflammation on the spinal cord, either from surgery or physical activity.<\/p>\n<p>From 6-12 months, all symptoms were gone except I would have an occasional headache or dizziness. This would happen less frequently and they were less painful.<\/p>\n<p>1-2 years after surgery. I continue to have all symptoms gone except occasional head pain and rarely dizziness. I only have head pain if I do excessive physical activity.<\/p>\n<p>I can now garden, go to the gym, do yoga and play with my grandkids. I can do so many things now. Some days I do way too much and I forget that I still need to be cautious with my condition. I would say I am 95% improved. I will rarely get a mild headache if I overexert myself.<\/p>\n<p>This surgery was life changing. I\u2019m so grateful to Dr Salca and the entire team in Barcelona. I would highly recommend this procedure for anyone with chiari or syringomyelia. So happy I can live a very normal life now.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Patricia Tanis<br \/>\nFarmington, Utah, USA<br \/>\nSurgery Sept 13, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45370,"template":"","tipos-de-testimonio":[352],"class_list":["post-52574","testimonios","type-testimonios","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipos-de-testimonio-testimonials-arnold-chiari-i-syndrome"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patricia Tanis: Chiari I, siringomielia y escoliosis | ICSEB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It has been over 2 years since my surgery. I wanted to wait a long time to give feedback. This is my experience.I suffered with... 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