Having arachnoiditis, continued

Arachnoiditis is one of the "unknown" diseases, but is probably more common than once thought.  With MRI diagnostics, it is being recognized sooner than it once was.  Another possible reason for its relative anonymity is that it is almost always caused by a doctor, and they don't like to advertise their mistakes.

Mine came about when a neurosurgeon failed to completely close the Dura after lumbar surgery, then refused to acknowledge anything was wrong while I leaked spinal fliud for a month, first under the skin, which destroyed a lot of my lower back muscles, and then pouring out repeatedly. I was finally transferred to another neurosurgeon,at my request, by the insurance company.  I finally healed, but the damage was done and not only did I have arachnoiditis, I had to have lumbar fusion several months later, because the muscle damage left my spine so unstable.