[PugMom]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Several days of a terrible headache due to a "food allergy". OK, whatever.

Now stepping back from the story, it appears that you stated you were seen at TVRH ER and had a lumbar puncture, which "hit a capillary" (Which, btw, is impossible given the diameter of capillaries and the diameter of a spinal needle). Then you were sent to Shands, which is acknowledged as a highly rated facility, presumably had a MRI or CT, some other testing and a neurology consult since you were there for "a day", but they could find out what was wrong either. So, at this point, what makes TVRH ER horrible and Shands ER great??????
But to finish your story, you went home, and while neither locally or at Shands you could be diagnosed by medical professionals and specialists, YOU diagnosed YOURSELF with "food allergies"
I will be (extremely) polite and just state I remain a bit skeptical.

Moral of the story----this is exactly why there is no American Association of Amateur Physicians

thank you for an informative post