Laura,

Your instance sounds very similar to my wife's. She was diagnosed
with viral meningitis. After about 4 days, she felt like it was
gone. She was discharged from the hospital. The doctors (including
2 neuros) did not warn us of any reoccurring symptoms. My wife had
headaches for about 3-4 weeks after she was discharged from the
hospital. After the first reoccuring headache 3 days after her
discharge, which included a mild fever and vomitting, we took her
back to the hospital. Shockingly, the doctors said it was rare for
the symptoms to reoccur and suggested it was a "complicated
migraine." We thought this was weird because she had no history of
migraines, and the migraines did not explain her running a mild fever
(which is a sign of the body fighting some sort of infection). She
finally went to her GP, who referred her to another neuro. That neuro
said it was fairly normal for symptoms to reoccur and expected them
to go away after some time, which they did after about 4-5 weeks.
However, if you read some of the old posts from this forum, you will
see that some are not so lucky and still have headaches well
afterwards. I wish you the best of luck.

Steve
--- In PostmeningitisHeadache@yahoogroups.com, "katyide"
<katyide@...> wrote:
>
> YES! GO SEE YOUR GP. This is not normal. . . If your doctor
doesn't
> know, he or she can't help. . . that's the rule of thumb.
>
> Just because you tell them doesn't mean they will drug you up. They
> could find something else that has caused your issues For
instance:
> I'm still suffering from headaches 3 months after my hospital
> discharge. I am going back in for a CT scan tomorrow to make sure
my
> sinuses are clear and that is not contributing to the problem.
>
> Meningitis is not something that you get just once (like the chicken
> pox). You can get it again and your symptoms can also present to be
> something else entirely. If you're having those kinds of reactions,
> you need to tell your GP.
>
>
> --- In PostmeningitisHeadache@yahoogroups.com, "lauraootb"
> <lauraootb@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm new here and wondering if you can advise me... i got viral
> > meningitis in early august and after a week in hospital i
recovered
> > slowly. I thought i was better in the last 2 ish weeks but
yesterday
> > from the early hours i was crippled with a headache 9/10
accompanied
> > with vomiting. It subsided after taking morphine type tabs i was
given
> > on discharge from the hospital (i had to wait until my dad called
to
> > see me as i cudnt get out of bed even...). It left me
dazed,feeling
> > ill, slow and useless for the day and for half of today. I had 3
such
> > days after my discharge from the hospital but i thought i was
better. I
> > was discharged from the neurologist last wednesday after i told
them i
> > was fine!!My question to you is should i go to my gp about this
or do i
> > just hope it goes away??...
> >
>