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| Hi,
i had my spinal tap on thursday (today is monday) and I stil have
awfull headache. I know i can get a blood-patch but i would rather not
have needle again in my back... Do you maybe know if the headaches
will go away after some time (even without additional tap) if I just
stay laying in bed? I would really rather wait for them just to cease
by theirown.
thanks for any help,
kasia
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| Robert 2005-03-23, 5:34 pm |
| In article <35835b92.0503210924.1993df7b@posting.google.com>, godot@wp.pl (godot) wrote:
>Hi,
>i had my spinal tap on thursday (today is monday) and I stil have
>awfull headache. I know i can get a blood-patch but i would rather not
>have needle again in my back... Do you maybe know if the headaches
>will go away after some time (even without additional tap) if I just
>stay laying in bed? I would really rather wait for them just to cease
>by theirown.
>thanks for any help,
>kasia
The seemingly tried-and-true non-medical treatment used by many, many people
on this group is drinking Mountain Dew. I know that might sound too easy or
even nonsensical but it works.
Someone (Ed Hill?) posted a long time ago that he found Mountain Dew removed
the after-spinal-tap headache. For reasons he posted ( I can't remember) it
worked wonders.
Lying down is still the best preventative but gulping down a good portion of
Mounain Dew should help immensely.
Good luck.
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| Yes, I've read about mountain dew - I am not surprised, since it
contains a lot of cofeine. My doctor told me to drink many cofeine
beveradges and i did - the problem is I still have a headache after 4
days... I will probably wait one week and then call my dr. And i will
try the mountain dew :D - it won't rather do any harm  . The problem
is I am affraid to have this blood patch - I've read it can also have
some serious sideeffects and after my spinal I had enough of these...
Thanks for your advise,
Kasia
robhic@bellsouth.net (Robert) wrote in message news:<ovD%d.45567$5T6.4505@bignews4.bellsouth.net>...
> In article <35835b92.0503210924.1993df7b@posting.google.com>, godot@wp.pl (godot) wrote:
>
> The seemingly tried-and-true non-medical treatment used by many, many people
> on this group is drinking Mountain Dew. I know that might sound too easy or
> even nonsensical but it works.
>
> Someone (Ed Hill?) posted a long time ago that he found Mountain Dew removed
> the after-spinal-tap headache. For reasons he posted ( I can't remember) it
> worked wonders.
>
> Lying down is still the best preventative but gulping down a good portion of
> Mounain Dew should help immensely.
>
> Good luck.
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| I found extra strength Anacin to be good too.
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"godot" <godot@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:35835b92.0503211435.429e723a@posting.google.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Yes, I've read about mountain dew - I am not surprised, since it
> contains a lot of cofeine. My doctor told me to drink many cofeine
> beveradges and i did - the problem is I still have a headache after 4
> days... I will probably wait one week and then call my dr. And i will
> try the mountain dew :D - it won't rather do any harm . The problem
> is I am affraid to have this blood patch - I've read it can also have
> some serious sideeffects and after my spinal I had enough of these...
> Thanks for your advise,
> Kasia
>
>
>
>
> robhic@bellsouth.net (Robert) wrote in message
> news:<ovD%d.45567$5T6.4505@bignews4.bellsouth.net>...
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| Rob Duncan 2005-03-23, 5:35 pm |
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"godot" <godot@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:35835b92.0503211435.429e723a@posting.google.com...
> Yes, I've read about mountain dew - I am not surprised, since it
> contains a lot of cofeine. My doctor told me to drink many cofeine
> beveradges and i did - the problem is I still have a headache after 4
> days... I will probably wait one week and then call my dr. And i will
> try the mountain dew :D - it won't rather do any harm . The problem
> is I am affraid to have this blood patch - I've read it can also have
> some serious sideeffects and after my spinal I had enough of these...
> Thanks for your advise,
> Kasia
If its lasted that long, I doubt it has anything to do with your headache.
Rob
[vbcol=seagreen]
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> robhic@bellsouth.net (Robert) wrote in message
> news:<ovD%d.45567$5T6.4505@bignews4.bellsouth.net>...
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| kasia, do you still have the same headache? after five days, it should
NOT still be there. mine always abated within 24 hours or a little
longer, but five days seems like far too long.
i'd talk to the doc about it if i were you.
best,
rose
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| Yes, I've read about mountain dew - I am not surprised, since it
contains a lot of cofeine. My doctor told me to drink many cofeine
beveradges and i did - the problem is I still have a headache after 4
days... I will probably wait one week and then call my dr. And i will
try the mountain dew :D - it won't rather do any harm . The problem
is I am affraid to have this blood patch - I've read it can also have
some serious sideeffects and after my spinal I had enough of these...
Thanks for your advise,
Kasia
robhic@bellsouth.net (Robert) wrote in message news:<ovD%d.45567$5T6.4505@bignews4.bellsouth.net>...
> In article <35835b92.0503210924.1993df7b@posting.google.com>, godot@wp.pl (godot) wrote:
>
> The seemingly tried-and-true non-medical treatment used by many, many people
> on this group is drinking Mountain Dew. I know that might sound too easy or
> even nonsensical but it works.
>
> Someone (Ed Hill?) posted a long time ago that he found Mountain Dew removed
> the after-spinal-tap headache. For reasons he posted ( I can't remember) it
> worked wonders.
>
> Lying down is still the best preventative but gulping down a good portion of
> Mounain Dew should help immensely.
>
> Good luck.
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| Rob Duncan 2005-03-29, 7:15 pm |
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"godot" <godot@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:35835b92.0503211435.429e723a@posting.google.com...
> Yes, I've read about mountain dew - I am not surprised, since it
> contains a lot of cofeine. My doctor told me to drink many cofeine
> beveradges and i did - the problem is I still have a headache after 4
> days... I will probably wait one week and then call my dr. And i will
> try the mountain dew :D - it won't rather do any harm . The problem
> is I am affraid to have this blood patch - I've read it can also have
> some serious sideeffects and after my spinal I had enough of these...
> Thanks for your advise,
> Kasia
If its lasted that long, I doubt it has anything to do with your headache.
Rob
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> robhic@bellsouth.net (Robert) wrote in message
> news:<ovD%d.45567$5T6.4505@bignews4.bellsouth.net>...
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| kasia, do you still have the same headache? after five days, it should
NOT still be there. mine always abated within 24 hours or a little
longer, but five days seems like far too long.
i'd talk to the doc about it if i were you.
best,
rose
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