I have had various lumbar punctures, although none for lyme. About 7 years ago I had intracranial hypertension, AKA pseudo tumor cerebri, for which i had various lumbar punctures, which gave me a horrible headache and dizziness kind of feeling for a week. The intracranial hypertension mysteriously cleared up after a year.

Three years ago I came down with lyme and they suspected that i might be intracranial hypertenion again, so they performed another puncture. This time appearantly they used a new type of needle, which is much smaller/thinner. It did not cause a heachache at all.

There is another thing that might be usefull, ask the hospital or doc that performs the procedure if you can keep lying down for at leat a few hours immediately after the procedure (they always kicked me out immediately), supposedly that is helpfull.

Other than that, I did not have any problems at all with lumbal punctures./

I'm so confused right now after treatment as to what to think of what will happen,i.e.the"lyme controversy"-Many years of bacterial infection and reproducion versus immune system response-
My Dr. has already mentioned another round of I.V. rocephin for 9 weeeks-
remember I'm a wooos-I didn't use the PIIC but kept having a new canula inserted every few days outpatient at our hospital-
ick- I have a sensitivity to contrast to insert the PIIC-and the antidote to the contrast-oops-