I have Type 2 Chiari Malformation and have had two surgeries for it, one and 14 to remove part of my skull. c1 and c2. The second at 16 was to put a metal plate in my neck after my spinal cord began being pinched. I used to get bad headaches, swallowing problems, asthma, my eye turned in, balance issues. Most problems were fixed, but now I am in constant joint pain, lactose and tolerant, allergic to shrimp, stomach problems, sleeping problems, I am unable to throw up.