I had lost sensation to my right leg, as well as control of my bladder and bowel (equina caudina is what term they
used.) I went into the
ER and from there into emergency surgery to repair
what was causing the paralysis, a rather large fragment from the L5 compressing vital nerves in the spine.
After the surgery, the pain lifted but it took many months for partial recovery of the leg, and to develop the muscles to control the bladder and bowel.