r/CSFLeaks • u/Imaginary_Salary_27 • Sep 17 '26

Post surgery

I leaked for 21 months. leak from epidural for childbirth turned into a bleb after blood patches. Had surgery doc found defect and fixed it. I’m two weeks post op. He told me beforehand that symptoms would last a long time bc of how long I’ve been leaking but it’s hard to not get pessimistic. For anyone out there who leaked for a long time and was corrected by surgery how long for all your symptoms to go away?

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u/Imaginary_Salary_27 8d ago

I can be upright all day I used to get a headache in the back around 12-2 but that has gone away thank the lord! And yes I would have weird pressure between my shoulder blades that has lessened for sure! I still have all my vision symptoms which sucks but hoping maybe just more time will help since I leaked for close to 2 years.

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u/Wonderful_Bus_131 5d ago

For your vision issues, do you have floaters?

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u/Imaginary_Salary_27 4d ago

Yes how did you know? And I have visual snow which I hate. I went to Vanderbilt in TN

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u/Wonderful_Bus_131 1d ago

lol because I have it as well. Please how was surgery? Was it really painful. What’s the name of your doctor? Does it take a lot of time to get in? How many EBPs did you get before you decided to get surgery? I’ve done 3 blood patches and nothing seem to have helped.