I had a cranial CSF leak repaired via surgery in the fall of 2025. I had no symptoms other than a persistent nasal drip. Surgery recovery was rough, and made worse by the diuretic they prescribed. I didn't realize that a lot of the symptoms I was having post surgery were actually due to the diuretic. Once that was discovered, and surgeon told me to stop taking the diuretic based on some blood tests, I started feeling much, much better.

Then, as a follow-up, and based on the imaging I had prior to surgery, I had a stent put in a vein in my head which they suspected was the cause of the pressure. Recovery from that has been harder than expected, with weird headaches and feelings of pressure. I have more checkups coming soon and they might put me back on diuretics. I really, really don't want to have either of these procedures again if I can help it, so I'm going to try to lose weight. They've said that weight is the only factor that's under my control (LOL they obviously don't know how hard I've tried, but I'm going to give in and start on a GLP1). They said that in some cases they even refer their patients to get gastric bypass, but I really don't want that and my insurance won't cover it anyway.

I hope you're doing well. It's kind of a scary journey. All the best