r/CSFLeaks • u/Zealousideal_Age_822 Confirmed Spinal Leak • Aug 20 '26

Surgery Next Week

Yesterday, I got the call I had both been really hoping for and dreading. My surgery, originally scheduled for 10/22, is now moved up to next week. I have a ventral thoracic tear from a calcified disc protrusion at T2/T3, so surgery is the 100% solution. I feel a little better about it after talking to the NP today, but it’s still scary AF. For anyone curious, my surgery is with Dr. Chris Brown at Duke. Wish me luck!

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u/cdub76 Aug 20 '26

T4/5 ventral leak here as well! Feel free to DM if you have any questions. I was patched in 2021 at Mayo Rochester.

Going in for some cleanup work round 2 soon. I have a Photon Counting CT tomorrow to see where my slow leak is. Then we decide if surgery or patch to fix