My brother had been having a problem with the pressure being up in his eyes. Since I now work for two eye doctors, he came in to see one of them. After several tests, she sent him for an MRI and then to a neuro. The eye doctor hit the nail on the head. Bub has a pseduotumor cerebri--too much spinal fluid which is putting pressure on his optic nerves. It has can cause major headaches, ear pain, dizziness and loss of balance. The neuro then decided to do a spinal tap to see exactly what was (is) going on since most of the time overweight women or women on bc have this. He did the spinal tap last Wednesday (Oct 18). Bub said it wasn't that bad. The spinal pressure was very high and the neuro decided to put Bub on Diamox (a fluid pill). He started taking it and the only draw back was lots of bathroom breaks. By Friday, Bub couldn't even move because of the headache. Sat he starting throwing up and in so much pain he told my Mom to take him to the ER. Here is this little town the hosptial is a joke--they gave him a pain shot. Sunday we headed to Memphis to Baptist East. After a long wait, they gave him I.V. fluids (the Diamox contribued to the dehyradation--he hadn't been drinking or eating) and a strong dose of pain meds. Finally some relief. Then the crazy talk started. It gave me and Mom a laugh. The Doc sent him home with pain meds and told him that he probably has a spinal fluid leak--give it a few days and see. Bub is finally eating and drinking. Yesterday he went back to work (he works for the Department of Justice). He said that the headache was better but still there.
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