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Originally posted by robustpuppy
What is a spinal headache? Was this all connected to the c-section or just coincidental?
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Thanks. Yay for good insurance with no paperwork involved. I didn't check the link, but A spinal headache is what you get when the teensy hole that they use for a spinal or epidural does not heal and spinal fluid leaks out into your system continually. It causes a nasty headache when you are not laying flat on your back. If they make another hole to check for meningitis, the headache gets about 10x worse and you start thinking brain tumor. It is more likely with an epi than a spinal due to the larger size of the hole with an epi. The relatively simple cure involves making yet another hole in your spine and shooting about 20cc of your own blood back in to clot over the hole(s) (which is not possible if you have any bacteria in your blood, which I did).
