{"id":111682,"date":"2018-07-27T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.institutchiaribcn.com\/videos\/taylor-pollock-neuro-cranio-vertebral-syndrome-filum-disease-descent-of-the-cerebellar-tonsils-dct-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i-intramedullary-cyst-idiopathic-syringomyelia-sm-suboccipital\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:39:57","slug":"arnold-chiari-syringomyelia-united-kingdom-patient-testimonial","status":"publish","type":"videos","link":"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/arnold-chiari-syringomyelia-united-kingdom-patient-testimonial\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Pollock, Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome. Filum Disease. Descent of the cerebellar tonsils (DCT. Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I). Intramedullary cyst (idiopathic syringomyelia. SM). Suboccipital craniectomy (SOC)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-body\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 100px;\" align=\"left\">\n<div class=\"container visible-lg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 70px;\" align=\"left\">\n<div class=\"container visible-md\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container visible-sm visible-xs\">\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Surgery date: 7 June 2018<br \/>\nVideo recorded on: 21 June 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7041\" src=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/united-kingdom-chiari-syringomyelia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Taylor Pollock. In June 2016, I got a headache that never went away. In September 2016, I was diagnosed with Chiari Type I and in October 2016 I was told that I needed decompression surgery and not to research anything and that it would all be explained before surgery but it never was. My recovery was very traumatic, I vomited daily for weeks and in June 2017 new symptoms appeared, I have a weakness in my left side, a headache that was always above a seven or an eight, I was vomiting three to five times a week, I was sore all over and I began to think that my life was over. And in November 2017, I was diagnosed with Syringomyelia. My mom had then seen a post online about the Institute in Barcelona and being equestrian people, we understood how a diseased ligament could cause my conditions and symptoms. After speaking to others who had been through the Filum System surgery, I knew that it was the right thing for me. I am now two weeks post-Filum System surgery and my headache has decreased amazingly, I haven\u2019t vomited since and I feel like a new person. I am just so so grateful to everyone at the Institute for the opportunity to get my life back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:michellelong08@googlemail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">michellelong08@<wbr \/>googlemail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":137724,"template":"","tipos-de-video":[586],"class_list":["post-111682","videos","type-videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipos-de-video-video-testimonials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taylor Pollock: Chiari I and Syringomyelia | ICSEB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Taylor Pollock from the UK shares her experience with Chiari I and syringomyelia after Filum System surgery in Barcelona.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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