{"id":52620,"date":"2024-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.institutchiaribcn.com\/testimonios\/deborah-wilson-neuro-cranio-vertebral-syndrome-filum-disease-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i-suboccipital-craniectomy-decompressed\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:07:41","slug":"canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah","status":"publish","type":"testimonios","link":"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborah Wilson. Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome. Filum Disease, Arnold-Chiari syndrome type I,  Suboccipital Craniectomy (decompressed)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surgery date 04\/07\/2023<strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8680 img-responsive text-wrap img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/deborah-chiari-barcelona.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/deborah-chiari-barcelona.jpg 800w, https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/deborah-chiari-barcelona-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/deborah-chiari-barcelona-768x560.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few years ago, I was diagnosed with Chiari 1.\u00a0 Like many of you I tried everything to reduce my symptoms, particularly the constant pain in my head. When nothing else helped I was urged toward decompression surgery. I felt that it was my final and only option left. I was confident the surgery would resolve the problem but oh was I wrong.\u00a0 Decompression didn\u2019t help at all, even though I had no more herniation I still had all the pain. \u00a04 months after my decompression I came across a post about the Institute Chiari in Barcelona. Being curious I read everything on the web site, and it all made sense.\u00a0 As I was still recovering form decompression, I put Barcelona on the back burner. By 1 year post surgery my symptoms were getting worse and the pain in my head was making work and life difficult.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I thought about the expression if its too good to be true it probably is and If it\u2019s so beneficial why is the rest of the world not doing it. I was skeptical as no one could explain this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I did some more digging and found several people who had undergone the Filum Terminal sectioning in Barcelona. I spoke to them to get their take on all this. They all had tremendous improvements, were so happy and encouraging to say the least. \u00a0They reassured me that this was a real treatment and not wishful thinking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">July 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023, I underwent the sectioning in Barcelona. It\u2019s about a 1-hour procedure, local anesthetic, no external stitches, I night in hospital, and very easy recovery, especially in comparison to decompression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the procedure, back in my room I noticed immediately I had no \u201cpulling\u201d sensation in my neck and shoulders, it was gone. I still had a bad headache, but I knew the procedure had done something, I was also told that total recovery takes months. 48 hours later my headache was gone, for the first time in 2 and a half years I had no pain in my head. I still had some pressure in my head, but the pain had gone. Over the next six weeks I noticed that the tingling in my arms and legs had gone, the dizziness had gone, all my symptoms had either gone or significantly reduced. My headache was very fluid during this time, as it came and went was varying in duration, but it had become quite mild. I\u2019m now almost 10 weeks post op and feeling really good for the first time in years. I\u2019m back to work slowly and continuing to improve weekly. I still have a very mild headaches from time to time, but they are very short in duration. I do believe that there is a great possibility that my headaches can go completely in time. I am so grateful I took the chance in Barcelona. I cannot say enough good things about the Institute\u2019s staff and doctors. They took care of me from the time I landed in their clinic to my departure home. Here is the link to the website and I encourage anyone who is interested to contact them, they are truly an awesome team.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Wilson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46075,"template":"","tipos-de-testimonio":[353,351],"class_list":["post-52620","testimonios","type-testimonios","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipos-de-testimonio-sft-after-suboccipital-craniectomy-soc","tipos-de-testimonio-testimonials-from-english-speaking-patients"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deborah: Chiari Malformation Treatment in Barcelona | ICSEB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deborah from Canada shares her experience with Chiari malformation treatment in Barcelona, including diagnosis, surgery and recovery.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deborah: Chiari Malformation Treatment in Barcelona | ICSEB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deborah from Canada shares her experience with Chiari malformation treatment in Barcelona, including diagnosis, surgery and recovery.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Institut Chiari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-03T11:07:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/chiari-barcelona-decompression-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\\\/\",\"name\":\"Deborah: Chiari Malformation Treatment in Barcelona | ICSEB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/chiari-barcelona-decompression-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-11T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-03T11:07:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"Deborah from Canada shares her experience with Chiari malformation treatment in Barcelona, including diagnosis, surgery and recovery.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/chiari-barcelona-decompression-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/chiari-barcelona-decompression-1.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/canada-chiari-malformation-treatment-barcelona-deborah\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Testimonios\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutchiaribcn.com\\\/en\\\/testimonios\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Deborah Wilson. 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