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Epidural migranes/ blood patches
Hi there. My wife has been suffering from these migranes for 2 and a half years :( we are broken :( she gave birth to my beautiful son Logan 2 and a half years ago, but the epidural took 3 goes and caused spinal leak. She was bed ridden for the first 10 days in hospital then sent home with caffeine tablets. We complained to the hospital so they performed a blood patch which did work. However 6 months later they came back :( then they would go after she spent a few days in bed... Then 3 months later would come back again... Doctors said she has to learn to live with and prescribed heavy medication (useless) the period between the attacks started getting closer. this went on for 2 years. and closer and 3 months ago she fainted on me and started fitting :( we went to a private hospital where we copped a sarcastic desk nurse who told my wife she was putting it on (she is very lucky I didn't pull her head through the glass. They put her on fluids over night then she came home. They suggested a lumbar puncture to see what was going on with the spinal fluid but due to her bad experience my wife didn't want to do it. 1 month ago she had no choice!! She fainted again and convulsed this time loosing her speech and whole right side of the Body numb :( hospitalised for 14 days did lumbar punture found her fluids had emptied and very lucky no brain damaged!! They,performed a blood patch put her on 4 hours lying flat, 2 night stay and sent her home!! It's now been 2 weeks and the horrible migranes are here :( I'm worried I am going to loose my wife to suicide now please someone help me give her more hope!!!!!!!:( she is booked in for a blood patch on Tuesday next week someone please please tell me their second one worked!!!!
Than you so much! You have been very helpfull! I have no idea what I am doing or how to,post ect so thanks
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