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Post-Treatment => Post-Treatment => Topic started by: kenneth_k on May 25, 2010, 11:04:33 am

Title: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: kenneth_k on May 25, 2010, 11:04:33 am

Hello everyone.

I'm off to the hospital tomorrow to have my csf leak fixed. We will start with a lumbar drain and observation for a week. If that doesn't work, it's surgery again.
Wish me luck. ;)

I'll be back in one or two weeks.

Kenneth

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: Jim Scott on May 25, 2010, 12:05:03 pm

Kenneth ~

I'm not certain that you'll see this but our thoughts and prayers are with you.  Looking forward to good news when you next post.  :)

Jim

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: moe on May 25, 2010, 01:06:48 pm

Kenneth,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you to get this csf leak behind you.
Hang in there. Get medicated as best you can for the headaches, as I hear it hurts!
Maureen

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: CHD63 on May 25, 2010, 03:53:47 pm

Kenneth .....

Many thoughts and prayers for a successful and uneventful procedure to stop that ole CSF leak!  Not fun!

Clarice

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: leapyrtwins on May 25, 2010, 05:48:12 pm

Good luck, Kenneth.

Hope they get you patched up quickly!

Jan

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: jennifer7 on May 25, 2010, 06:37:10 pm

Kenneth
Hope all heals quickly and you are back to gardening soon
Jennifer

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: kiwi on May 25, 2010, 07:50:11 pm

Hi Kenneth

Good Luck, I hope it goes well and they manage to patch it up asap.  Hopefully you won't have to have surgery.

Jacqui

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: Tracy Lynn on May 25, 2010, 10:03:20 pm

Good luck Kenneth, oy what a mess.

Prayers are with you.

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: opp2 on May 26, 2010, 06:50:32 am

Thinking of you Kenneth. Best wishes.

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: Lizard on May 26, 2010, 09:16:45 am

Hope everything goes well and you are home and recovering with no incident...
Thinking of you, please let us know how everything turns out  :)
Take care,
Liz

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: kenneth_k on June 03, 2010, 09:45:34 am

I'm back after 8 "wonderfull" days in the hospital.
The good news is, the lumbar drain actually worked :D
I have stopped leaking, so I guess I dodged a bullet this time.
I also had a MRI and it's clean.

Doctors orders are, take it slow for 2 weeks and call him, if I get into trouble.

Golly, it feels great to be home again.

Thanks for all your support.

Kenneth

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: 4cm in Pacific Northwest on June 03, 2010, 09:52:03 am

Great new! Welcome home! :)

What a journey you have been through  ::)   Oy ya ya.

Wellness Wishes. :)

DHM

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: moe on June 03, 2010, 10:07:13 am

Kenneth,
Welcome Home!
Wow, 8 wonderful memorable days. I'm sure that  felt like eternity! Hopefully you didn't suffer with headaches through the ordeal, and so glad everything is ok now.
 Follow doctor's orders now! Take it slow, let us know how you continue to do :)
Maureen

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: Lizard on June 03, 2010, 11:06:47 am

That's great and please listen to your Dr's, I'm sure you wouldn't want to go through that all over again...
Rest and relax,
Liz

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: Jim Scott on June 03, 2010, 11:26:07 am

Hi - and welcome back, Kenneth!

I'm pleased to learn that all went well and the CSF leak was stopped without any drama.  Rest, regroup and get on with healing - and your life.  :)

Jim

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: msmaggie on June 03, 2010, 05:48:03 pm

Great news!  My CSF leak was fixed the same way...except it took two of the lumbar drains.  Glad neither one of us required further surgery!  Hope you continue to heal at a rapid rate.
Priscilla

Title: Re: Off to the hospital - fix csf leak
Post by: Tracy Lynn on June 04, 2010, 10:11:01 am

Kenneth, great news!

So glad to hear that you are doing so much better. Congrats.

Nothing helps recovery like your own bed :)