glue patch? whats that... my mom just recently diagnosed with a leak... did three patchs... not working...did surgery ... she also has lupus, .... she wound up with infection in her spine,then they figured out the leak.... three patches and surgery later, shes worse i think.... and weve never been thru or heard of this before, now i look at all the posts, and other sites, and im amazed noone has come out with a good story saying their surgery or patch has healed and never have to go thru it again...seeems to be ongoing... scary...im sorry for you...just as sorry as i am for my own mom...