Quote Originally Posted by fitz19d View Post
Should have had it addressed sooner, sometimes speed of being addressed will affect long term recovery.
Excellent advice there. I hurt my back out at Buckley ANGB way back in the Desert Storm days. I went to the clinic the day of the injury, got the basic "take two of these and call me in the morning" exam/diagnosis, and just learned to live with the occasional discomfort I started having. 15 years later occasional had turned to chronic. "Well, I'm just getting older", I told myself. By 2017 I couldn't walk more than a few minutes without excruciating pain. The stenosis in my lower back is now so bad that it causes all kinds of nerve problems in my legs and elsewhere. I have persistent issues with falling because I'll take a step and one of my legs will go numb...like it's not even there. The entire front side of my left thigh oftentimes starts to feel like it's got an extremely cold ice pack on my bare skin...even though it feels normal to the touch the sensation in my brain is that my thigh is freezing cold.

Do yourself a favor and have it checked out sooner rather than later.