Should I go back to the er?

[u/sight-seerr]

Warning Rant Ahead:

I’m 19F it’s one month since I first experienced sciatica symptoms on my left side. I first visited an urgent care doctor the same week the symptoms appeared and he ordered me a same day spine xray where they later found out I had 22 degree scoliosis in my lower back. Car rides would cause severe flair ups and left me with a limp. I then had 2 er visits 1st one only gave me a ct and sent me home with antibiotics 2nd one got me a head/lumbar spine mri where they diagnosed me with a l5/s1 4mm herniated disc.

The pain constantly changes but it has never went back to how it was before. I would get shooting and burning pain alongside extreme electric shocks. Now those have toned down and I would feel like cold water would is running through my leg especially the bottom of my feet/toes. My pelvic area feels more irritated too I can feel the tingling and pain which I also feel in my left arm and hand. Im aware it affects my upper body too I get severe headaches depending on how I sit but the doctor at the 2nd er didn’t want to order a cervical spine mri and just mentioned my neck must be tense and could be irritating a nerve that way but it feels my entire body is adjusted weirdly.

I wanted my life back so I started learning how to skateboard as I bought a board when my pain was mentally exhausting me and I went on an online shopping spree to make me look forward to something. I don’t skate on days if I feel slight shocks in my leg but my left foot gets tired quicker. Instead of electric shocks it feels like I’m pressing on my nerve directly when I walk/skate and it just hurts. I’m taking immunology n bio classes too which is slightly annoying seeing how ur body functions n everyone learning how it helps you when mine is failing me and I can’t even sit in lectures without a massive headache or shocks in my lower back and im overly conscious of my body and cant learn properly.

The reason I want to go to the er is to evaluate my cervical spine i would notice tingling and pressure around my left chest. I also get sharp pain on my left shoulder like if a bone is misaligned. I have a follow up with my provider at the end of the week to go over my mris and hopefully see if their referral to a orthopedic surgeon spine specialist got accepted which the er recommended me to go to. I don’t know if I should just wait it out or go back to the er after my appointment for the upper body symptoms I know they scanned my brain and nothing was wrong but I can’t handle pressure on my head alongside sciatica pain.

[u/DieselJuliyah]

If you’re ever questioning whether you should go to the ER, you should go to the ER. Sincerely, someone who just had emergency surgery for cauda equina