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My journey was painful and immediate from one moment to the next, as you describe, and the problem was that parts of my back were broken, and the diagnosis took time. I then had injections of glue in the broken area. Did not help much. Then a massive steroid injection into the lower part of the spine. Finally ended up with lumbar surgery to open regions of the spine that did not allow my nerves to travel freely.
That surgery was 3 weeks ago. I am pain-free today, and off all meds. My 84-year-old surgeon, who operated to classical music, I heard it as I went under, promised an 80 percent success. It was 100 percent.
I had no summer this year, but I am mending, and my life has been returned to me.

Bottom line: get immediate attention, get immediate diagnosis, get in line, be a squeaky wheel, the waiting times for the procedures can be weeks.

We may not have the same problems, but the pain sounds identical. I also could not set down a dog dish for weeks.
I hired a neighbor who is young and unemployed to come in a few hours every day to do the things I could not. I tapped into a bit of money I saved for emergencies, put it in an envelope, and still have a bit left.

I wish you great help, immediately, and if I wrote too much, I am sorry; it was a bit cathartic.