Lumbar puncture question

[Msajones]

So yesterday my neuro preformed the lumbar puncture and he made the statement "there was no resistance when I pushed the needle in".  What did he mean by that?

[Msajones]

Thanks everyone for you help.  My Neuro cannot say for sure if I have MS or not because of the side effects of Humira and this being the first time I have had symptoms.  He is taking a wait and see approach.  I go back in 6 months or call him if I have anymore symptoms and we will repeat the MRI in a years time.  He gave me a copy of my LP report and my MRI.  I do have neuro damage either way.  

Thanks again everyone for you answers.  

[doublevision1]

I'm not sure what your neuro meant by that comment.  Why not ask him?  We can only speculate.

[doublevision1]

Quite a few of us here with MS don't/didn't have O-bands.  I don't think that it  has anything to do with the type of MS we have.  I have RRMS.  

[Mummy76]

Hi Kyle,

I thought some types of MS do not show o-bands in the spinal fluid?  Do you know if this is correct?

Thanks!

[SarahL2491]

I would think he meant he had no difficulty and you were an easy "stick" which is good for you........be patient, sometimes it takes awhile for this test to come back.

[kwarendorf]

Clear is good. You can't see o-bands with the naked eye. O-bandspresent in your spinal fluid, but not in your blood drawn at the same time, point in the direction of MS. If they do not find o-bands in your spinal fluid, or find them in both the spinal fluid and blood, it tends to point away from MS.

Hope your back feels bettwer soon :-)

Kyle

PS I still don't know what he meant about no resistance, but I'm thinking it was a good thing.

[Msajones]

He was successful with extraction of fluid and the fluid looked great, very clear.  
How am I feeling today.....lower back pain around area of puncture but other wise okay.

[kwarendorf]

I have no idea :-) Hi Msajones, I think the real questions are

1) Did he successfully extract your spinal fluid?
2) How do you feel today?

Kyle