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What is a lumbar puncture like? Have you had one?
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I am a 36 yr old female who has played football, as a hobby, for 13 yrs. In July 2012, during a game I was slammed to the floor by two angry guys who hit into me so hard that one of them broke their ribs. This knocked me back onto hard ground leaving me unconscious. I awoke to chronic head and neck pain, sickness and the inability to see or balance. The paramedics made me walk to the ambulance, instead of placing me on a spinal board, where I was taken to the ER. I was hospitalised with suspected brain hemorrhage for 1 week, then on complete bed rest for 1 month, in a wheelchair for 2 months. I have been left with PCS, moderate constant head pain, little short term memory, no memory of the accident, balance and sight problems, depression and exhaustion. The worst problem is collapsing regularly. This has finally been diagnosed as Hemiplegic Migraines , these cause my brain to regularly shut down when I am tired and I then feel the full effects of a stroke (without the bleed on the brain!!) of which the symptoms last 2-4 days. I have had 6 CT's, 2 MRI's and am under 3 specialists. I believe everyday is one more towards improvement. Mainly I believe in the power of acceptance not the weakness of complacency or resignation. |
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10-11-2012, 07:50 AM
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You may want to post this question in the Spine and Back pain forum. I have seen several related posts there.
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10-11-2012, 09:15 AM
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I have had lumbar puncture (LP) about 2 years ago. They did it in the morning and outpatient procedure. Procedure was done by a Neurologist in a hospital.
Procedure itself is simple (technically) and takes only few mins. They made me to lay down under a table and I think mine was guided through some machine (?). Neurologist came and numbed the area and I felt some pressure and all done in few mins. Since my Neurologist at that time ordered all the tests for the spinal fluid (including Lymes) they took 4 tubes of fluid. Neurologist even asked me can I guess what color the fluid is?  I said no color (if everything is fine) One of the main concern for them is Intracranial Pressure (ICP) which they measure using an instrument once they inject needle and take it out (opening and closing) Since everyone warned about Spinal Headache for few days I made sure I didn't get up for about 4 hours (though they said 2 hours is enough). You should not drive after the procedure and go home and lie down for the next few days. Luckily I didn't get Spinal Headache (besided my usual dull headache) and if Headache gets brutal they can do a blood patch which I hope you didn't have to do and the hole heals by itself. Since I have smell disorder everything smelt awful for few days which I thought bizzare! So that was my experience and not a bad one Cheers!
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What is a lumbar puncture like?
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