My sister has been suffering for the last 6 months, ever since she had a shot to her spine where she lost spinal fluid. She had a spinal headache for 5 days and the doctor was totally oblivious to her pain. Since that time she has had chronic pain, dryness of mouth with sores, dramatic loss of weight, nausea, and now she is losing her hair, along with a host of other ailments. They also found nodules on her thyroid gland. She has never been sick before. She is a total wreck. I called her tonight and we talked for about an hour with her crying the whole time. I told her to go to the Mayo Clinic since she has been to 6 doctors and each one of them tell her they don't know what is going on and then send her on to another doctor or another test. It is the old specialist syndrome where no one wants to make a diagnosis. Does anyone have any thoughts to how she can get some help, some relief? I am worried as is my mother that she is slowly going to just die. We are so worried.