4 weeks post surgical repair!

Hi everyone. I had surgery four weeks ago for a ventral dural tear at T1/T2. The surgeon said the surgery went as planned. The first couple of weeks were very rough with surgery pain.

I have been driving myself a little bit crazy with these fluctuating pressure symptoms for the last two weeks. I believe I was in rebound pressure as I was getting a lot of frontal and temple headaches when laying down and also some transient vision changes. Now at four weeks postop, my biggest concern is that I get really bad neck tightness and pain when I stand up from sitting for too long. If I walk around, it goes away. When I’m laying down, I have some neck pressure from the pillow as well. I believe this is rebound high pressure, but I’m not sure. I guess I’m just looking for some validation that it takes a while for fluctuation to stabilize and that things will get better.

Overall, I’m feeling hopeful and resting lots and trying to be PATIENT! Thanks y’all :)