tracyjane
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 Posted: 01/22/08 - 10:33 Post subject: headaches 4 years lumbar puncture showed increased csf press |
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hi all
im new to this site. im 42 got 2 kids and im avery busy midwife, or at least rrying to be a midwife when these headaches are not too bad.
i have a history over 35 years of migraine, but in 2203 suddenly out of the blue i got the most awful headache u can imagin lit built up over the weeks and has now been here for 4 years, ive been on most drugs with no effect. however last week finally got to see top specialist in national nuro hosp london. all week they kept telling me it was new daily persissent headache and they didnt expect to find any thing wrong with the tests they were going to perform.
to their surprise i had a lumbar ouncture which showed very high levels of csf pressure. since coming out of hospital obviously being a midwife ive gone straight onto the net to find info, im really shocked at what ive been reading, they discussed that in the future i would need the pressure monitoring, in order to do this i need a sensor inserting through my skull, has anyone had this as so scared.
ive been reading about people having shunts i know this is a last resort but has anyone had effective treatment with medication or repeated lumbar punctures.
if youve had a shunt, can you go back to work
please write back
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