i injured my back pulling weeds in the garden a couple months ago. the hospital said it was just a pulled muscle. the back pain went away a couple weeks later, but ever since then i have had increasing pain starting in my right buttocks and continuing down my leg to the ankle. it finally got so bad i couldn't stand up or walk for more than 10 minutes without excruciating pain down my leg. i had an mri done, but i don't understand it exactly. have an appointment with nuerologist but not for a month. i have been hearing lots of different stories about what he will do. i just can't understand how pulling weeds could do this to me. my mri results are as follows. Normal lumbar lordosis. No evidence of marrow replacement or foraminal stenosis. Desiccation of the lowest disc. Axials reveal: L1/L2 Mild diffuse bulge, small right paracentral protrusion without stenosis. L2/L3 Mild diffuse bulge. L3/L4 Mild diffuse bulge. L4/L5 Mild diffuse bulge. L5/S1 Posterior bulge, right paracentral herniation, deflects but does not compress the right S1 nerve root in the lateral recess. Sagittal images show an incidental 3.8 cm left pelvic cystic appearing focus. Can anyone tell me what to expect??