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Originally Posted by barbaraB
So sorry you had a rough time with the LP. Thank goodness that can usually be avoided with the skill of the person doing the procedure [neuros did mine both times], and some preventative care. Any excuse to lay around for a whole day is a good enough excuse for me!
Was the LP you had positive? With the LACK of diagnostic skills of many neuros, I'd seriously doubt my dx if it hadn't be confirmed by LP. And then reconfirmed by redoing all the tests at Mayo.
I'm just a bit cynical-----  |
Thanks Barb.
It was performed by an Anesthesiologist (couldn't ask for a more trained professional for this procedure), but I just had a stroke of bad luck.
To be honest, I've never even tried to find out what went wrong, or why it was so serious, but I know I had to BEG for an epidural with both of my pregnancies. I swear I'd still be pregnant if I hadn't had those in the end.
You are right, the worst that
most experience is the headache and requirement to lie around a few days. I won't go into any more gory details about my experience, but it was nothing as simple as that.
I never asked whether the LP showed the bands (I don't think so). To be honest, I didn't even know what they were looking for with that particular test
as I was pretty incoherant before and after the test. I was in the middle of a Transverse Myelitis (spinal lesion) attack at the time.
I was dx with "probable MS" (1991), but still had to wait for another clear attack before they would confirm it. After the second attack, I had an MRI, and the lesions were visible in my spine and brain. So, at the end of the day, the LP was unnecessary.
Cherie
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