Originally Posted by Cooze

Hi Jackie

Sorry you have had to go through this. I truely sympathise as I know the feeling of those awful headaches. I have had two leaks, now luckily they didnt last as long as yours. My leak is due to a large Tarlov Cyst/Dural Ectasia at the survical spine area. Its really the luck of the draw if you will suffer again with a headache or if it is a one off. It depends where the leak was from. I suggest you drink lots of caffene if you can and as pain killers, we here in Ireland can get an o.t.c. drug with caffene and codiene in it which helps hugely with the pain.

Good luck.