>> In retrospect, I realized that many of the aspects of the puncture—the position (curled over the side of the bed), the needles (18g, very large), the type (c

>> In retrospect, I realized that many of the aspects of the puncture—the position (curled over the side of the bed), the needles (18g, very large), the type (cutting needles), and that it wasn’t done under guidance—all contributed to my leak being complex but to the fact that I obtained a spinal leak from the procedure. >> The hospital’s advice to lay down that evening and then just carry on as normal also prevented self-healing after a procedure with all of those risk factors. I did not know that many of the things I did—like shaving my legs in the shower, bending in certain ways, lifting a jug of milk, etc. were all things that likely impeded my healing at a critical time. Well I did get a lumbar puncture when I was a kid, hospitalized for mumps. I recall being upright, on a chair, hugging the chair's back seat, didn't hurt excessively. But reading the story, the difference was that after the puncture I laid flat in bed for a long time, further scared by the doctors that moving around will make me sick. Which, I guess it's true, this is the first time I hear of a CSF leak.