L5-S1 herniation neurogenic bladder not Cauda Equina

Im currently experiencing bladder issues I see a pain management specialist he's also a spine specialist my injury occurred in 2015 a car went thru my driver wheel under my driver side seat out the back side knocking both wheels off at impact my initial MRI showed no disc bulge or anything at the time a year later I have another one and it shows a mild disc bulge at the L5 S1 also the doctor told me I couldn't be experiencing this pain I have had injections so many times I don't want any more not only do I have bladder issues I can't walk straight without pain I lose leg strength I have a few falls I could go on and on but I'm on lyrics now and without it I can't walk but the doc said he don't understand how so I joined this forum to let the member from a year ago know he is not alone it do make you feel crazy I can't sleep at night can't take walks and a host of other things your not crazy I'm gonna leave it there

Hi Peaches. Regarding the anti-anxiety pills that the doctor would was so eager to give you, there is a good chance that he would have been able to to "pad his bottom line" for giving you that prescription.

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My suggestion is olive leaf powder,...not the extract, though the extract is what you'll usually hear about. Good old olive leaf powder is anti-inflammatory for nerves.
"Neurodegenerative diseases
Olive leaf extract suppresses inflammation in the central nervous system and reduces damage caused by oxidative stress. This helps protect the nervous system from the effects of stroke, brain trauma and age-related degenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease."
www.qbuzz.qnet.net/blog/2014/06/12/olive-leaf-extract-extracting-poor-health-lifes-worries/

Before my SCI, I always went to a chiropractor for bladder issues. But now, with SCI, I don't think that insurance would cover most chiropractors, so that ceases to be an option. They can't risk it with us.

Patients can give manifestations of separated caudal equine disorder, disconnected cons medullas disorder, or a blend. The indications and indications of caudal equine disorder have a tendency to be for the most part bring down engine neuron (LMN) in nature, while those of cons medullas disorder are a blend of LMN and upper engine neuron (UMN) impacts (see Table 1, beneath). The historical backdrop of beginning, the term of side effects, and the nearness of different highlights or side effects could point to the conceivable causes.



Low back torment can be separated into nearby and articular torment. Neighborhood torment is for the most part a profound, throbbing agony coming about because of delicate tissue and vertebral body disturbance. Articular torment is for the most part a sharp, cutting agony coming about because of pressure of the dorsal nerve roots. Articular torment extends in dermatology circulations. Low back torment in caudal equine disorder may have some trademark that recommends something other than what's expected from the significantly more typical lumbar strain. Patients may report seriousness or a trigger, for example, head turning, that appears to be strange.



Serious agony is an early finding in 96% of patients with caudal equine disorder auxiliary to spinal neoplasm. Later discoveries incorporate lower furthest point shortcoming because of association of the ventral roots. Patients by and large create hypothermia and hypoglycemia. Tactile misfortune and sphincter brokenness are additionally normal.

Cauda equina disorder (CES) is manifestations because of harm to the nervous wreck underneath the finish of the spinal rope known as the cauda equina.[2] Symptoms incorporate, low back agony, torment that emanates down the leg, deadness around the rear-end, and loss of entrail or bladder control.[1] Onset might be quick or gradual.[1]



The reason is typically a plate herniation in the lower locale of the back.[1] Other causes incorporate spinal stenosis, malignancy, injury, epidural canker, and epidural hematoma.[1][2] Diagnosis is regularly by medicinal imaging, for example, MRI or CT scan.[1][3]



Treatment is by and large by pressing surgery as a splenectomy.[1] Some individuals are left with continuous bladder issues, sexual brokenness, or numbness.[1][3] A poor result happens in around 20% of individuals in spite of treatment.[1] About 1 out of 70,000 individuals is influenced a year.[1] It was first portrayed in 1934.

So an update on my condition. I am so furious now. After coming back from Mayo Clinic with a false hope diagnosis of pelvic floor dysfunction I did therapy for 4 months with absolutely no improvement. My pelvic floor therapist said to me "This isnt' working. You need to back to your Urologist." I went back to him and he said "What do you want from me. This is NEUROLOGICAL. This is a Cauda Equina compression. Mayo clinic just gave you a BS diagnosis to get you off their back and because it was easy". I was crushed by this and my back pain has been steadily getting worse. The bladder and sexual issues also have been getting worse. Coping with this has left me destroyed inside and I quit my job this year. I went to a pain management doctor to get a nerve block for the back pain this year and even he said I had severe face joint arthritis from late surgical intervention. He also agreed with the Urologist about Cauda Equina Syndrome. He said "WHy the hell did these Neuros wait 10 yrs before doing your microdiscectromy considering you had bladder and sexual issues progressing along with the S1 nerve root compression. A "normal" MRI (without spinal cord compression but nerve root compression) doesn't preclude cauda equina. It's a diagnosis made in context of the patient's symptoms". Of course, everyone agrees except the high and mighty goddamned Neuros who worship the MRI lest they admit they made a mistake that could open them up to a mountain of litigation.

To make matters worse, I quit my job and moved to MD. I stupidly took the advice of a relative who is recommended a supposedly wonderful young, open minded Neurologist. After the appointment she told me I had a "Neurotransmitter disorder" and everything was psychological. This despite the fact that she admitted that the curling in toes were due to S1 nerve root damage. Gee, I thought I was normal. To make matters worse she immediately recommended that I be committed to a psychiatric institution. So, my relative and my family that got scared because of this (insert worst profanity) took me to the ER trying to have me committed.

Fortunately, I stayed calm explained the desperation of my situation and what was going on. EVEN the the psychiatrist who examined me thought I was going through a major reactive depression due my undiagnosed situation and did NOT in anyway constitute a threat or problem. SHe even thought I had cauda equina because she had done her residency in Neurophysiology and that the MRi's were misleading the doctors and they were being lazy in being dismissive of me. So long story short I wasn't committed and she recommended that I try to get into the Undiagnosed diseases network (UDN) where they have multiple sites that treat mystery conditions.

My family has pretty much disowned and things i'm a mental case now because I quit my job and "can't be normal like everyone else". I will try to get into this clinical program but it's infuriating how doctors can dismissive patients for years as psychiatric then never take responsability when their misdiagnosis costs them quality of life. As far as I'm concerned, screw the malpractice laws in America. Doctors who misdiagnose patients as mentally ill and deny them treatment for legitimate conditions should be jailed for life.