I think I might have CES please help.

This sounds like CES, a medical emergency, and the longer you delay, the worse the nerve damage. So you need to phone NHS 24 (Scotland, call 111) or NHS Direct (England and Wales, cal l0845 4647. NHS Direct is in the process of switching to 111). What needs to be done is an MRI scan. My GP did the pin prick tests etc. spoke to a consultant, who said it was a medical emergency, and they operated that same day. Even then, I still have CES, and have nerve damage down both legs, complete damage to the nerves controlling the detrusor muscles which push urine out of the bladder, and I have to manually evacuate my bowels. I have some erectile dysfunction, but I can still get an erection and ejaculate, thank God. My walking isn't fast anymore, and I don't have control over the calf muscles, so running is impossible, though if I have to, because of dieting, I'm light enough on my feet to do a speedy half-run half-walk if the green man is about to disappear when I'm crossing the street. Anyway: this sounds like an emergency, and your life will be turned upside down and inside out if you don't do something about this. Phone NHS 24 / Direct and insist!

Hi 

Sorry to hear about your pain. When ago did this stuff? Just to be on the safe side please request your GP to send you for an immediate mri scan like asap. Most gps are reluctant to do so. It might be a case of you going to A&E and not leaving until you get an MRI. In the end I did that because I could not walk anymore and was numb and not going to the toilet. Still when I went to A&E they signed for me to be discharged but I refused to get off the bed till they admitted me. However I received no treatment for 4 days other than just painkillers as they kept insisting there was nothing wrong with me and trying to chuck me out all the time. I was only saved by a pain specialist the only person to actually listen to my pain and immediately she ordered an mri. However that was late and a year now I am just trying to get on my feet and being made redundant as I am no longer the person I was before. I had never heard of CES and you are fortunate to know this now. Act fast. If possible go to A&E now. Every minute matters as you will undoubtedly find out soon.

All the best x

Hello!

This sounds really serious, you should go to A&E like jasmine suggests and request an MRI scan. It sounds like the disc is pressing on the nerves and the longer you wait the more nerve damage there will be.

I am so anti-doctor since CES as I was given a range of painkillers as I went numb and lost all feeling, you must trust your instinct and demand to be seen to by a professional. I have realised since being seen to by the NHS that most doctors cannot be trusted, you must look after yourself. high doses of drugs doesn't heal anything, they just cover up.

Don't be afraid of being demanding, look after your body and foloow all instincts. 

I actually had severe sciatica for three days. I couldn't sit down, lie down, or stand still because of the pain. But I was so used to GPs fobbing me off with misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis that I tried to battle through it. Then over night I felt the loss of sensation creeping over me from the waist down. I didn't know what was happening, but it such a relief not to feel any pain that I just went to sleep lol. I woke up the next morning, hoping that it had just been a bad dream, but the legs were even worse. So I caught a bus and walked to the hospital, but it turned out they had relocated the entire hospital! Phoned by parents and they took me to the A&E and described the situation, but the nurse said it's not an emergency and that I'd have to see the GP. I saw the GP, who did pin prick tests etc. and spoke to a consultant at the hospital I'd just come from, and the consultant said yes that's an emergency, and they operated the same day. Two discs had prolapsed. But the surgery didn't go smoothly. The surgeon, Mr Lee, only removed the less damaged of the two discs. Two or three days went by, and with things worsening, they did another MRI and realized their mistake, so operated again and removed the second fragmented disc. If I hadn't been operated on, I could have been completely paralyzed from the waist down. If they had operated without any mistakes, I might have still kept my bladder function. But that was nine years ago, and my life is back on track. Lost more than 8 stone in weight since last May, Urovalve-Ingenion are releasing this year an alternative to catheters which will give people with nerve damage in the bladder area much more freedom and dignity. So the journey from injury which destroyed my career, my looks (er..lol) my life, has been tough, and it'll continue to be challenge. But I've lost a lot of weight just through healthy eating, reduced calories, and the gym, and I'm going to qualify as a librarian. But in short: Delay=Bad. The sooner you act, the less chance your life, career, looks, health, freedom will be ruined. If you have to see a GP again, ask to see a different GP from the last one you saw.