[kafkaesq]

Really, stop looking up stuff online (except to find a specialist ASAP). That will just inflame your condition even more. But do find specialist, right now, please. As in, call in sick to take a half or a full day off (just to find someone available and make an appointment) if you have to. That's what your sick days are for, actually.

Better, try to see at least 2, ideally 3 specialists. (That's what I've found to be prudent for any condition substantially "tricky" -- like potential nerve damage, for example). But definitely make sure to see someone as as soon as humanly and physically possible. Because that's how serious your situation is.

It isn't necessarily likely (so I don't want to sensationalize), but there's a significant chance that your condition can "tip" into a state such that the damage is essentially untreatable. Significant enough such that there's really no value proposition at all delaying action, any further.