This Is (My) Spinal Tap
Posted By Russ Emerson on July 29, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Starting tomorrow, I undergo a series of tests collectively known as a cisternogram.
It starts with a lumbar puncture, during which something slightly radioactive and extremely expensive will be introduced into my spinal fluid.
I’ll then be scanned for the next few days — through Wednesday — so they can track the ebb and flow of my spinal fluid and thus, we hope, find the source of the buildup of said fluid in my brain.
I’m told that a lumbar puncture can be uncomfortable. Well, I figure it can’t be any worse, in the long run, than not being able to walk… which I now can’t do without crutches.
Good on ya, Russ. Sooner you (they) get it tracked down, the sooner you can be back on the firing line.
At least with you, they’re workin’ on finding what’s putting too much fluid on your brain.
With me, they’e still looking FOR a brain.
D’oh!
Jim
Sloop New Dawn
Galveston, TX
God bless you, Russ, and may He guide the surgeon’s hands to minimize any discomfort as well as administering the right dose in the best place. Be sure to have your copy of “This Is Spinal Tap” ready for after the procedure!
Hey, Comrade–this is exciting, and I’ll likewise be praying for you.
I was going to ask a Linux/RAID 5 questions, but I think I won’t.
Hope it went well.