spinal fluid leak
 

on January 3rd, 2011 i had disk surgery to releive pressure on a nerve that was giving me pain in my lower leg... on feb 15th I started getting mild headaches that turned on major headaches and the surgeon deduced the headaches were being caused by an internal leak of spinal fluid and I also had a bulge at location of incision filled with fluid.. on March 24th i had surgery to patch the leak and remove the bulge... the major headaches are gone and bulge was removed. my back and leg now feel real good, but i still have a mild steady headache but as I said the March 24th surgery of fixing the leak has removed the major headaches.. doctor says now the minor steady headache i now experience still after 5 days since surgery, will dissipate after the spinal fluid replenishes itselft which could take "who knows how long" does this sound correct? will the mild steady headache i know have go away by itself?

Hi Joe, welcome to the community! It's a little slow here today, for some reason, but you'll find lots of support. If I did it right, this is a link to a forum where you might find some information and advice: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum78.html. Hang in there!!

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Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

There are great number and caring fellow members here to assist you. Our shoulders are here for support in many ways.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Darlene :hug: