Thanks for your message and for the recommendation. Yes, my dr is recognized and was highly spoken of by both my Gp and two different neurologists. I trust him. Both surgeries went fine. I had no complications, went home the next day. I think each case is different and a lot depends on our post-op life style. I might have overdone it in the gym, started too soon and went too fast, maybe too much yoga. Now I know my dura is pretty thin, so iit must've been too much for it.
Well, on Friday I'll have the stitches out and will see what my doc has to say. I have an MRI scheduled in a month... Ringing in the head is pretty strong....

Yup, I actually had to take a full year off of just about any kind of exercise to make headway... That's no joke...

Yes, I hear you ringing too For me, I think it gets worse when my pressure is falling... It's one of the signals I use as an early warning system that something is up. Ringing is followed by backaches and then if I don't lie down full on headaches. I don't know if you've experienced these kinds of headaches but it's the worst headache I've ever had -- it's 100X worse than the morning after way too much cheap tequila - really REALLY BAD -

I don't know if you've experienced these kinds of headaches but it's the worst headache I've ever had -- it's 100X worse than the morning after way too much cheap tequila - really REALLY BAD -[/QUOTE]

Yes, I had those headaches after my first surgery in 2010. That is something hard to describe, one needs to have those to understand how bad that can be. I couldn't lift, the pain on the back of the neck was killing me. The headache would go away after I lied down. So I stayed in bed for 3 days and it went away but the leak didn't stop. We realized that much later. I was having all kinds of sensations in my head (ringing, pressure in my temples, in my ears).
Now, after the second surgery (to fix the leak), I never had those headaches but I have ringing... which might be a sign of a leak. I don't want to have an MRI right away. What for? Another surgery? I will have MRI done in 3-4 months and then will go from there...
It's been 15 days after the surgery. I'm going back to work next week.