Hello doctor,
Thanks so much for such a thorough response. I had a terrible scooter crash about two months ago. I was going in 40 km/h when I came off it and was wearing no protective gear below the waist. I know it is foolish, obviously would not be doing that again, but after that crash, I was referred to get an MRI on my left knee and an X-ray for my left knee and ankle. Nothing was referred for my right leg, which was pretty bad, and also, nothing was referred to for anything else.
I recently started getting chronic back pain in the lower section of my back, it directly correlated to when I started getting this severe shooting pain down my right leg.
It did start from basically the hip, and it was most painful on my upper thigh to the outside. So basically, it ran from my hip to my knee; now it runs down from my knee. I was halfway down my calf and now has progressed to knee down to my ankle, so it has moved down and has gotten more severe as it has moved down.
I feel as though I have only started having these symptoms a maximum of four weeks ago, more probably three weeks ago, and I have no pain whatsoever in my left leg, I have not had since I recovered from the crash. Especially not till recently, since all this new pain happened, the left leg has been entirely unaffected. The pain is electric, that is the perfect way to word it.
What provokes it is when I bend over to pick something up from the ground, when I sit down or stand up from sitting down. Also, when I am sitting down, I can sometimes turn my spine a certain way, making it happen. When I am walking, some time to something specific happens, and it will happen, but I have found that when I am in heaps of pain, standing is the only thing that slightly decreases it. Sitting sometimes, almost always, is worse. Sorry to be so thorough with my answers, but I am sure that is better. I am not sure why I was given a CT as opposed to an MRI. I do not think it is getting taken as seriously as it should be. Clearly, from this lumbar CT scan, I think it should have even been taken a bit more seriously.
I am prescribed Lyrica, which does help with the pain, but I need quite a large dose to relieve that pain. Directly after the scooter crash, I did have problems holding in urine when I needed to go to the toilet, I often would not quite make it before I started urinating. That has now gone away, but directly this pain associated with my spine shoots down my leg. When I am going to do number two, it is pretty painful, not in my buttocks area, but it is time I need to push. It hurts and gives me that shooting pain down my leg.
Also, does not hurt to mention that I have had leg pain my entire life, and I have never known why doctors have never understood why either until last year. I addressed it and had X-rays done on my hips, knees, and ankles, and I will forward those to you now. I will find the MRI and the X-ray of my left knee and ankle from the scooter crash. It was through a different company, but I will find.