BERTHABUTT, was your surgery due to a spontaneous leak? I am a relatively new spontaneous leaker (79 days). Had a failed blood patch on 1/4/14 and have been bounced around neuros who don't believe the nueroradiologist in Houston who found the leaks (while I was home for holidays). I have been reading about Dr. Schievink and Dr. Gray, but can't find any spontaneous leakers they have "fixed." Starting to give up hope. Thank you for any guidance. Sara