Post by jlucy0002 on Jul 15, 2014 17:48:20 GMT -8
Hello everyone. Until last week I had never heard of CES and NEVER had a problem with lower back pain. I have had some odd things happening and I would like to get the opinions of those of you that have "been there". I will try to keep this as short and to-the-point as I can.
On this past Thursday, I fell while trying to stand up off of the couch. My lower back started bothering me after this. I figured I had strained a muscle and didn't really give it a second thought. By Thursday night, my lower back was hurting pretty badly. I still wasn't very worried. THEN I noticed that everything from my navel to my thighs was completely numb. I could not feel anything. This really scared me. I have never had anything like this happen before. I called the Ortho first thing Friday morning and he wanted to see me. The numbness had not changed and the pain was still very much present. I was admitted to the hospital for an emergency MRI. I never lost bladder or bowel function. I could feel the urge to urinate, but could not actually feel when I was going.
The doctors said that my MRI showed nothing emergent and sent me home with a diagnosis of a pulled muscle and a neurologist follow up appointment. Since then I have continued to have lower back/rear/thigh/leg pain and random numbness in my foot and calf. The 'saddle' area is not numb like it was, but it still feels odd. Its almost like a cold burning sensation.
I got my MRI results sent to me today and it states a "mild central protrusion" at L4/L5.
I'm a little worried since I am still in pain and not feeling right in the pelvic area. My question is, should I try to wait out the pain until my Neuro appt next week or should I go back to the hospital? I'm not numb like I was, so I feel like that is somewhat of an improvement? In all of your experiences, does it sound like I should be worried about CES?
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