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help understanding mri scan please
Hi please could you advice me on my
mri scan , first ill just advice you what happened , i woke 2 wks ago couldnt move, to twitch my foot was so so painfull, though i new that my bladder was filling and i was very uncomfortable i didnt have the sensation to want to go ,
called doc at 8am who came at 2pm was sent to A&E by 999 was told possably cauda equina .
Was taken to a essesmant ward was told by doc on ward that they were waiting for me to be transfered to st georges hosp as he didnt want to touch me for a emergancy MRI , had a cathiter fitted which was a releif.
later that evening i was told that i would stay where i was and was taken for a mri scan the next afternoon all this time i stayed on the trolly i was in so much pain to breath hurt . mri scan showed loss of hydration of the discs L4/5 /T/ L5/S1 levels .At L5/S1 LEVEL the morphology is complicated by loss of disc height endplate oedema and moderate sized posterior central disc prolapse, Disc material is impinging upon but not displacing S1 nerve roots,
after the MRI results i was told that they were waiting for a bed for me at another hospital , i was not moved cathiter remained. 3 days later another doc done his round told me that he was puting me on (mst) morphine and some other drugs and sending me home , Catherter removed morphine given was got on to my legs walked a few steps told to get dressed was putting into a holding room on a chair to wait to be picked up , was then given discharge letter for my GP recommending the Gp do a follow up .Gp has gone mad about it my back is still breaking legs ache like hell keep going into spasm still have problems with toileting having to realy relax one minuite loss of control another time . i am moving around but know when enough is enough have a burning feeling lower back just above my buttock, evan my foot aches , i am finnaly going to see someone on the 13th jan but any advice in the mean time please 
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