Well, I didn't move a muscle on the gurney for a week after mine, but I suspect I would have had vertigo if I wasn't too doped up to comprehend the real world at that point.

The first thing that came to mind was Arachnoiditis, which is a differential dx for MS.

http://www.neurology.wisc.edu/public...bs/Neuro_2.pdf

The cause can be from a LP:

"Arachnoiditis has long been recognized as a rare complication of spinal surgery (particularly after multiple or complex surgeries) or trauma to the spine. Other similar causes include multiple lumbar punctures (especially if there is a "bloody tap" with bleeding into the spinal fluid), advanced spinal stenosis, or chronic degenerative disc disease."

http://www.spineuniverse.com/display...rticle180.html

Vertigo can be a symptom of it:

http://www.arachnoiditis.info/conten...ct_arach1.html

The reason she made have had the shooting pain (which can also be from arachnoiditis) may be that they hit a nerve during the procedure. They did the same with me, but that was the least of my problems from the procedure.

Cherie