Agreed. I picked up a copy of my mri cd and report the morning I went to see the first neurosurgeon (2 days after the mri). He did not go over what the report said. He just told me that I presented much better than what the mri showed and put me in physical therapy. When I left the appointment, they gave me the cd. A few days later I was looking at the cd and the very last icon was the report itself. It stated that I had cord changes at c5-6 due to severe compression that was suggestive of myelomalacia. Yikes! Scared the daylights out of me. They blew me off when I called the office about it. I think it is very important to know what your mri says.