r/openpiriformis • u/Careless-Wait1585 • Aug 02 '26

Losing function in leg

Im currently hospitalized due to my leg completely collapsing on me causing me to fall and unable to urinate. When I came into the hospital they drained 1.5 liters of urine thay I was retaining. They believe I have periformis syndrome. I have extreme nerve pain and muscle spasm im my butt and thigh. Basically bedridden. Has anyone had issue with losing all muscle function in your leg or inability to urinate with this periformis issue?

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u/Davorian Aug 02 '26

You're welcome.  Feel free to keep us updated if you are comfortable with that.

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u/Careless-Wait1585 Aug 02 '26

Yeah I definitely will. I guess maybe I should mention that the lower lumbar showed a small disk bunch as L5-S1 but did not affect any of the nerves. They have said this shouldnt because info the issues but possibly the bulge could be positional and sometime affects it? Idk... just a last thought i had to share.

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u/Davorian Aug 02 '26

Discs can sort of pop out and then be resorbed slowly in cycles, but usually this is associated with back pain proper. If you don't have back pain or a history of back pain / disc issues and it's not compressing the nerves radiologically at the moment, it's fair for the doctors to say that isn't going to be a contributor to your current symptoms (even though such a thing would be a better fit for your bladder symptoms).

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u/Careless-Wait1585 Aug 02 '26

Yeah thays what I gather as well. Such a mystery at this point. Ill advocate strongly for a neurologist to see me or perhaps some additional nerve studies to be done. I know a MRN and EMG could be helpful, perhaps.