I did have an MRI of the lumbar spine. And NO they weren't able to diagnose anything because of the obstruction from the rods.

It's strange though that I had a cervical MRI and have rods there too. But in the cervical area they were able to get a reading.

So for some uknown reason they COULD NOT get a diagnosis. My question was knowing that I did have stenoiss now that they cant get a reading has the stenosis spread and if so is that causing a problem> And who knows without the reading if anything can or cant be done. Thats what bothers me.

Maybe I should give up the idea of knowing, but theres still that part of me that wants an answer.