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Another one that skipped the LP here, due to my happy little brain lesions. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by snoodles (Post 195962)

Oh my goodness !!!
I have FINALLY decided to allow my Neuro to do another LP on me after many years and last summer she tried her best to talk me into one.

I am going to discuss with my Neuro ahead of time now to put on my order not to let me up for several hours - I don't want to get pushed out the door the way you both were - that is just WRONG !!! I had the spinal headache after my LP back in 2000 and had to have the blood patch and I do not want to go through that again if I can keep from it.

You don't want to hear how bad my LP was, it was 2 weeks ago and I'n still now OK yet and I have been to the ER 3 times. It was painful, he didn't numb me and had to stick me 6 times! :(

I had both done at the same time. My neuro just said I would need to have blood drawn after the procedure.

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Originally Posted by snoodles (Post 195962)

I can see how an LP could be done with little or no side effects. I really kick myself too, since I knew from this board, that I was to stay down for 2-3 hours. IF and when this happens again, It's MY way :D LOL!!

I guess that will become my statement in the future when I answer the question. Good for people to know how it can go wrong. I don't ever want to scare anybody.

Let us know when you go in, will save prayers for you.

I remember having to have blood taken just before my LP. I was never told why, never gave it a second thought until now.

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Originally Posted by hollym (Post 195893)

:mfr_wha:
They didn't draw any blood work at all before or after your LP??????:Scratch-Head:

The only way to see if there is an immune response in the CSF is to compare it to a sample from the blood. If there are any O-Bands in the CSF, that result has to be compared to the blood. If there are the same number, then it is normal. If there are 2 or more bands in the CSF not present in the blood, then that is diagnostically important. Other diseases can cause O-Bands in the CSF, but if the rest of your clinical picture is indicative of MS, that could be the final piece of the puzzle.
:Doh::yikes:

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! A good explanation!!

There is blood work and there is THAT BLOODWORK done in conjunction with the LP/ST. Different, very different!

We all get loads of bloodwork for mimics etc, but this blood work is a very different animal and might well be the defining piece in your puzzle.

I have had 4 LPs :eek::( all with bloodwork, and for one the LP was actually delated till the orders for the bloodwork showed up...the Radiologist refused to proceed til then, said it would be a waste of time and unfair to me.

Ooops, need to introduce myself soon...I'm a stowaway from that other place. ;)

Tante

OMG, all of that sounds so aweful! I hope they don't "have" to redo yours! I'm just going to do the happy dance with BG that I never had to get an LP.

yes I had bloodwork drawn immediately prior to my LP.

LP a week after bloodwork

My neuro drew blood at the same time she scheduled my LP which was a week later.

I even looked at the blood work my Dr did and he didn't even do blood that has o-bands, he wasn't testing me for MS, he was just doing the LP to get me off his back. :(