Living with Spinal Cord Injury

In June 2006 I took a fall where I hit the corner of a half wall, bounced down, hit the water fountain and finally landed on my back.

The initial diagnosis was lumbar sprain and bruised pelvic bone. I was given pain medicine and injections in the area of my back where the spasms were bad. Was sent to physical therapy about 2 months later. During that time I have progressed from being in a wheel chair to now using a walker. After 3 1/2 months of physical therapy I was told I could return to work. It was at that time that workman comp said no more therapy.

Workman comp last week sent me a note and said that the balance problem I have is not caused from work injury, but a neurology problem. This is based on the fact they could not see anything in the MRI they did on back. They said the mri showed a minor bulge in L5 and some minor degenerative disc problems.

I now am back to square one and just got the referral to nuerolgy [neurology].

I will admit I am frustrated because I never had a problem in this area before the fall. The morning of the fall I had been changing diapers, dancing with children doing the twist, kicking the ball around with them on the playground, etc. I worked as a room lead in a child care center. I now do light duty items in the center where I work. (Which keeps me more busy than when I was in a classroom, but that is because I am not an idle person and will take iniative to do work.) I use a walker to help with balance. If I sit to long I will get numbness down my leg. I sometimes can even be walking and it will feel like my foot has fallen asleep. I am not sure where my future lays or what is going on with my body. I know something is up but am getting angry and confused because of this run around.

Has anyone on here had something similar happen to them that can give me an idea of where this might lead?