isuues after spinal tap (lumbar puncture)?

I am a 25 year old male who had this procedure 9 months ago, and i have had excruciating back pain every single day since then. It's actually getting worse and worse every month. I am on 4 different pills, a patch, and a cream for the pain, but unfortunately none of the medications do a lot. 

I didnt get any information after the spinal tap, as far as i am aware it went in on the first try, and everything was fine. I have seen 3 doctors since then (all associated with the same clinic) and no one seems to admit that the lumbar puncture could have caused these issues for me. I have never had ANY back pain in my life, until 2 days after the LP, and i've had it every day since then. 

I am currently contemplating hiring a lawyer, but was hoping to get some info as how your case went before i move any further.

also good luck with everything, i know how terrible it is to lose your job due to something like this.

i was a commercial pilot and air traffic controller, but i was diagnosed with MS, which immediately made me lose my FAA certification.

I had an (3 attempted) L.P's 6 weeks ago. It was unnecessary, the specialist said that he would do further tests to put my mind at rest. The junior doctor who did it had never done it on an adult before but had done it on some babies. I told her to stop after the first attempt, she didnt, she then had another attempt and then the registrar did. firstly ten mins into the procedure the supervisor finally decided to come round the bed to look at what she was doing and he told her that the angle of the nedle was too high, I then felt her go straight through something in my spine and had excrutiating pain going up and down my spine. I had to push my own legs down onto the bed afterwards, was screaming and swearing uncontrollably in pain. The nurse tried to get the doctor to come back she never did. eventually the nurse physically went to bring a registrar, upon neurological evaluation i was not able to lift my legs at all, or push my legs. I was later not able to go to the toilet (bed pan that they provided) as I was paralysed from the ribs down, i eventually was able to lift my legs up after about 3 hours. When i tried to walk about 6/7 hours later I had to be brought back in a wheel chair. I had to be given high doses of codiene straigh after, mlorphine and I am now taking about 18 tablets a day so that I can walk without having pain in my legs which cause them to give way. Ive had bladder bowel and sexual dysfunction, although this is incomplete. Neurological examination of my legs is that the power is normal, 4 in one leg apparantly due to pain. I loose power once i have been walking for a while. The back pain is out of this world as is the leg pain, ive looked up charts which diagram dermatome patterns and all nerves in my lower body seem to be affected much less though in my right leg, however i still get pains in my knees when im walking and cant hardly walk at all due to the pain without taking diclofenac. I was dismissed by the by the neurologist at the hospital, Ive been to A and E 3 times at a different hospital, after taking massive doses of codeien on discharge I was given paracetamol and other anti-inflammatory meds on discharge and had to get a taxi to a and e to get more meds that night. It has been recognised in a and e that the pain is from the l.p. On my 4th A and E visit 4 weeks later i had become very disabled due to the pain and difficulty walking, I was told by a neurologist to go my g.p as this wasnt a medical emergency. I told them that theyd have to get me a duty social worker, as there was no way i was going home as i was not coping and couldnt do basic things, such as walk downstairs and cook a meal. I couldnt stand and still cant stand up for too long in the same spot without getting light headed and feeling faint, I couldnt sit too long without having pain in my spine and lower body ( pain in spine is managed now with new meds ive been given.

Fortunately for me a nice docotor said he wanted to take a look at me and admitted me for some a MRI scan. I was told that the scans were clear, then i overheard a conversation saying the scans had abnormalities, i couldnt quite make out what they said. I was then told by a nurse that they were reviewing my scans again. i was then ignored basically for 7 days. I confronted a neurosurgeon about this, he then told me i had myeelitis, which i think may have been said to mislead me, my discharge notes say, imaging was encouraging??? it also said no immediate follow up neccessary. I was told by one it was unspecific pain, that lots of people have in general? Atleast I got some adequate pain management and am able to apply for a copy of my scan to take elswhere. I have now made a formal complaint. I shiver if I lay in the bath and when i tried to go swimming i had to get out of the pool after 5 mns as I thought that i was going to freeze to death. Ive dug my old psycbiology books out and apparently this is due to nerve damage in the autonomic nervous system. I get pains in my eyes and blurred vision, i get short of breath alot. Ive had to completely put my life on hold. My doctor has now written a letter to the original hospital saying that i had an incorrect lumbar puncture etc, patient is not happy, can a consultant see me. I have to wait 4 weeks. I doubt that he will not tell me anything.After all that no celebrospinal fluid was drawn ( doc said she didnt get into my spinal canal) obviously untrue and they were happy for me to be discharged with no l.p. I dont know if/when i will ever be able to get a neurologist to tell me what happened, why i was paralyzed, if this will be permenant. I think that the anasthetic went in too far and damaged my spinal nerves (hence it became an epidural like what women have in pregnancy), i had horrific burning pain all through my lower body straigh afterwards. Yet i also felt her go through something, I dont know if that was the anasthetic getting through to my spine that caused pain, or if somehow she managed to go straight through a nerve. I know that there must be some damage to my spinal cord as they found something on my scan. I guess I will hve to go private if i have to, although i cant really afford it. If anyone on here as any advice or information that would really be great. I notice that the stats say that L.p's are safe procedures and that the risk of anything serious going wrong is nill or 1% or 0.1%, yet when there are problems after lumabr puncture, they don't record it, doctors then cover it up and put the symptoms together with prior symptoms, the internet is full of stories, it makes me very angry! I wish wholeheartedly wish everyone a good recovery!!!