To confirm the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis I received, my doctor scheduled me for a flourocscopic lumbar puncture also known as a spinal tap.
So, I go in for the tap, which isn’t bad… Then the next day comes and the headaches begin. I’ve had headaches for two weeks. It is like being hit in the head with a sledgehammer every time I cough and sneeze. I have to spend most of my time laying down to make the pain go away.
I’ve had a blood patch to attempt to make the pain leave, and have been on three different drugs.
If you had done your job, I wouldn’t be over medicated and in pain, you vapid son of a bitch. You patronized me while you did the procedure, even though I explained to you that I understood what you were doing, and now I’M IN PAIN, you worthless piece of phlegm masquerading as a human being!!!
I hope that you need a spinal tap and that the hole is big enough to let the millilieter of cerebrospinal fluid to leak comepletely out, allowing you the excruciating pain while you expire. I wouldn’t walk in the streets were I you. When I am able to drive again, I may experience a moment of “blindness” and there might be a hideous accident, you amazing mass of fecal matter that has attained sentience!
Hmmm… a good friend of mine was just tested for MS on Friday by the same procedure. Her doctor advised to remain on her back for two days while the puncture healed. Apparently, the tap lowers spinal pressure, which causes the headaches.
She is having some slight problems, still, but nothing like you describe. (Some headache problems, her doctor told her to take another day of rest. She is already feeling better.) Did your doctor recommend this or did he just let you go home without any follow-up?
Sorry, I’m not too well-informed on this procedure and its side-effects; I’m still reading through MS sites for info.
I was told to lay down for a day. Which I did. And have had to do for two weeks now. I get up for about a half-hour every once in a while because I get restless. I loathe being sedentary.