Thank you for your response, it’s much appreciated. I’ll do as you’ve suggested.
I have two short follow up questions.
1) Based on the fact that I had lower back pain throughout my teen years (I’m 31 now), would it seem likely that I somehow injured the disc or the area as a child without knowing it? The pain back then was dull and fairly constant, but never enough to impact my life. Now it’s in the same region but significantly worse, obviously.
2) My difficulty standing and walking now feels similar to dislocating my knee while playing basketball back in high school. After that, I found that putting any kind of weight on my knee made it feel as though the joint would buckle and like I didn’t have the strength to keep it from doing so. Is this what you mean by motor weakness?
Thanks for your help, and I hope my questions can be helpful for others who find this forum.
Jeff
