Urinary Retention, Fecal Leakage, Urge Incontinence, Nerves
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 6:01 am
It has been a frustrating several years. So many false hopes for finding out what is going on. A lot of second guessing myself. Some guilt thinking maybe this is all in my head.
But after having a recent MRI it confirms I have something going on in my low spine. I keep complaining that my problems come and go. And that is super frustrating in itself. I can go see the dr when I am experiencing a problem but by the time I have an appointment for a specialist my symptoms have subsided only to return a few weeks later. But my MRI does show scoliosis, herniations, deterioration, and modic changes type 1. I had never heard of modic changes before. Apparently they are only visible in an MRI but are evidence of frequent herniations. They also suggest infection and inflammation. None of which surprises me because when my symptoms are bad I feel very sore, stiff and swollen in that area of my back, it feels like having the flu in your low back.
So I'm finding that I am getting a lot of nerve pain at the same time I am experiencing bladder and now bowel issues. They didn't find any stenosis this time, but that doesn't mean the nerves don't get trapped or pinched when there is more swelling. My symptoms were very slight when I had the MRI so i suspect the swelling was also slight. That was a month ago.
I get numbness in my saddle area when I sit. I also get pain in my leg(s) and soreness and sensitivity in my right testicle. I thought there was a problem with my testicle but now I think it is the nerve servicing that area that is getting pinched and inflamed. I used to just get retention and urge incontinence. Now, whenever the pain is at its worst, I get fecal incontinence.
I think it is the pudendal nerve. It matches my symptoms to a t. It is worse when sitting and relieves when standing. It causes urine retention and fecal incontinence, the scrotal are becomes numb and tingly, I also get sharp pains in that region.
Hope my dr doesn't just shrug this off as a self diagnosis by interweb. I've been searching for the last several months for a condition that matches my symptoms, rather than looking for symptoms to match a condition.
I'm getting other nerve related problems all over. Burning, prickly, stinging sensations in my feet, ankles and legs. Numbness in three fingers of my left hand, numbness in two fingers and my thumb in my right hand, pain and tingling in my arms. Drop foot that comes and goes with severe pain in my leg(s). Problems swallowing. Burning sensations in my knee. The list goes on and on. It is no surprise then that my bladder problems would be stemming for nerve problems.
But after having a recent MRI it confirms I have something going on in my low spine. I keep complaining that my problems come and go. And that is super frustrating in itself. I can go see the dr when I am experiencing a problem but by the time I have an appointment for a specialist my symptoms have subsided only to return a few weeks later. But my MRI does show scoliosis, herniations, deterioration, and modic changes type 1. I had never heard of modic changes before. Apparently they are only visible in an MRI but are evidence of frequent herniations. They also suggest infection and inflammation. None of which surprises me because when my symptoms are bad I feel very sore, stiff and swollen in that area of my back, it feels like having the flu in your low back.
So I'm finding that I am getting a lot of nerve pain at the same time I am experiencing bladder and now bowel issues. They didn't find any stenosis this time, but that doesn't mean the nerves don't get trapped or pinched when there is more swelling. My symptoms were very slight when I had the MRI so i suspect the swelling was also slight. That was a month ago.
I get numbness in my saddle area when I sit. I also get pain in my leg(s) and soreness and sensitivity in my right testicle. I thought there was a problem with my testicle but now I think it is the nerve servicing that area that is getting pinched and inflamed. I used to just get retention and urge incontinence. Now, whenever the pain is at its worst, I get fecal incontinence.
I think it is the pudendal nerve. It matches my symptoms to a t. It is worse when sitting and relieves when standing. It causes urine retention and fecal incontinence, the scrotal are becomes numb and tingly, I also get sharp pains in that region.
Hope my dr doesn't just shrug this off as a self diagnosis by interweb. I've been searching for the last several months for a condition that matches my symptoms, rather than looking for symptoms to match a condition.
I'm getting other nerve related problems all over. Burning, prickly, stinging sensations in my feet, ankles and legs. Numbness in three fingers of my left hand, numbness in two fingers and my thumb in my right hand, pain and tingling in my arms. Drop foot that comes and goes with severe pain in my leg(s). Problems swallowing. Burning sensations in my knee. The list goes on and on. It is no surprise then that my bladder problems would be stemming for nerve problems.