I had a spinal tap done last week to rule out meningitis but it was negative. I had severe headaches for the next few days but then they went away completely. I am having back pain when I bend down to touch my toes and stuff like that. My back feels fine straight up but [...]
Ok, so I had the MRI they found some spots on my brain and one on my neck. The next step is spinal tap(lumbar puncture—much nicer term in my opinion) I had that done today, not too bad, not too great. Now I wait the results again. The appt before the spinal he had me [...]
Hi, I’ve seen so many questions on here by people asking "do spinal taps hurt?" and quite often the answers were similar to "OMG YES IT HURTS LIKE HELL". This isn’t really a question, I just thought I would post this to reassure anyone who is having a spinal tap that it’s not that bad [...]
I had a spinal tap done this morning, the doctor seemed to have complications getting into the space she needed to get into, It was very painful for me (which last time I had this done there was no pain just pressure)and I said it hurt, she said it was ok. She finally got into [...]
I had a spinal tap/lumber puncture done on tuesday night. My back is still killing me. I take the percacets, but the moment they start to wear off, I get these flashes of pain that cause me to stop what I am doing and wait til it passes. Is this normal? I dont remember if [...]