WOW i wish they hooked me up to IV Fluids when I went back to hospital with my Post Lumbar Puncture headache!

I had 5 lumbar punctures all UNSUCCESSFUL on thursday 8th January, the doctor said that i could go home straight away even tho I advised them I had an immediate headache apon sitting up.

Thinking this was odd, i lay there for an hour just resting as this was the first i had done and a bit traumatized that it was unsuccessful. I bearly made it to the car and the drive home - the headache was unbearable!

My doctor had to make a house call on friday arvo to make sure i didn't have meningitis as leemarie says it's all connected with the brain, and being an invasive procedure i may have got infected but it was all good and if i deteriorated i was to go to hospital.

Saturday night after my partner scouted on google and caffene was found also! I had some nodoze caffene tablets and took two which didn't work at all! At 10pm we went to emergency, as 2 1/2 days with such a headache or migrane, and the panadol / nurophen or codene combo did nothing for even my normal headaches, after 5 hours of waiting i was given tramadol to take on top of the 4 tablets 3 times a day i was already taking and sent home.

The tramadol didn't even really work to take away my headache. It first made me hallucinate a little and made me drowsy which was good - when i was sleeping the pain wasn't there.

A week later and still experiencing headaches and now really sore eyes - i'm not sure if thats because of my swollen optic nerves - diagnosed with benign intracranial hypertension and the lumbar puncture was the tool to help find a cure for the swollen optic nerves. but for 5 days i could not sit, stand, walk, even lift my head up for a sip i was in so much pain! i even drank like a fish and nothing worked. I managed to go back to work yesterday and today with cronic sweats like i was coming out of a major flu or cold!

I can't bear to think what my next Lumbar puncture on tuesday the 20th January will bring me. This one will be guided so will have to be successful with only one pin hole this time to add to my other 5 i have as temporary souvenirs.

Thanks so much for your post susanjpullen, i'll take a look at that url and see what i can do to be headache free this time round!