Unfortunately every different Radiologist will read an MRI differently. I went through the same thing with an MRI on my shoulder, that didn't show much, but after talking to the Orthopedic Surgeon, I was able to convince him to go ahead with the surgery, and when he got inside my shoulder, it looked like it had been hit inside by an IED.
Unless there is something on the MRI that is very blatantly obvious, unfortunately there are too many ways to interpret the results. The best way to get clean results is by either
A) more angles of view by the MRI
B) MRI with contrast (of course depending on what structures they are looking at)
I am right now going through the whole evaluation process post MRI for my lumbar spine, and it was pretty much the same thing.. one military doctor ( from a different branch) treated the results like no big deal, and I am being evaluated by an Army Orthopedic Surgeon (My own branch of the service) and he knows that the results of the MRI are significant enough to do something..
The best thing I could recommend to you, is educate yourself on the pertinent medical information, and be more proactive in your care.. The more you know, it is like having more of the right ammunition.
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Originally Posted by Flustered
Hey everyone.
I just wanted to thank everyone for all the help on my old thread. I am going to definitely be talking to my neurosurgeon or neurologist whoever comes first about the tens/ems. 
I got a copy of the results from my last mri *finally*. Everything says normal on it except for these:
Disc space: No significant narrowing.
Bones: No fractures or osseous leasions.
Central canal: No significant stenosis.
How exactly do they determine if it is significant or not?? I am in a huge amount of pain for it all to be for no reason.
My previous Mri from a different hospital was:
Axial images show minimal osteophytes on the left at c3-c4resulting in mild narrowing of the intervertebral foreman.There is no evidence of disc protrusion or spinal stenosis.
Oh yes, & I had to go almost all day without pain meds yesterday, because my neurosurgeon says that I am going through them to quick. My script is for Norco & it says I am allowed to take 1-2 every 4 - 6 hours for pain as needed with a bottle of 40. I generally take 1 every 4 hours
awake time, it's enough to cut the edge off, but doesn't completely relieve all the pain. I worry about the long term affects of being on narcotics. Anyways, the bottle does not last that long. Sorry just a vent. I see her next month & will discuss changing scripts then.
Thanks.
Flustered....again Probably always :P |