Do not wait for days to see if this gets better as this is an urgent medical issue. Do not pass go.  
 
If you have Bladder and Bowel symptoms as below:
1. If your pain is unmanaged, you cannot move and you cannot sleep 
2. You have weakness in your leg or foot e.g. you cannot put weight on your leg without it collapsing, or your foot “flops” on the ground when you are walking – or you notice weakness in the leg.
 
To learn more about what might be happening and why. This document is for you.