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For nearly 25 years, I watched my wife Karen struggle with nearly constant head pain to be relieved only by laying down, a loss of friends and a family that did not believe her. | For nearly 25 years, I watched my wife Karen struggle with nearly constant head pain to be relieved only by laying down, a loss of friends and a family that did not believe her. | ||
- | I was at times frustrated by lack of support from the medical community. | + | I was at times frustrated by lack of support from the medical community. |
After many years of her own research, Karen suspected her diagnosis to be a spinal CSF leak so she sought treatment from the best physicians in the field. In the end, Karen took her own life when the treatments did not stop her pain; it is my belief that [[http:// | After many years of her own research, Karen suspected her diagnosis to be a spinal CSF leak so she sought treatment from the best physicians in the field. In the end, Karen took her own life when the treatments did not stop her pain; it is my belief that [[http:// | ||
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+ | It is my conjecture that these antibiotics are why none of the treatments worked for Karen. | ||
+ | Over a dozen people have now told me that their CSF Leaks started from two weeks to one year after taking Cipro or Levaquin. | ||
+ | There is currently ZERO research on this. I will be addressing this at the first ever [[http:// | ||
Sometimes we choose our mission in life, other times it chooses us. I have become very active in the medical community in raising awareness of Intracranial Hypotension due to Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leaks. A condition that is more common that many think (for example Actor [[http:// | Sometimes we choose our mission in life, other times it chooses us. I have become very active in the medical community in raising awareness of Intracranial Hypotension due to Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leaks. A condition that is more common that many think (for example Actor [[http:// |