I recently had a cervical MRI that showed multilevel spondylosis within the cervical spine with spondylitic disc bulges and osteophytes from C3-4 through c6-7 most severe at the C5-6 level with marked cord compression. There is focal increased T2 signal also seen within the cervical cord at this level consistent with myelomalacia at C5-6. There is mild retrolisthesis of C5 in relation to C4 and C6

I met with a neurosurgeon last week who told me that because I am not complaining of severe neck pain, that I would have to convince him to do surgery. Then my best friend who is a neuro ICU nurse showed my film to one of her neurosurgeons on her floor and he said I needed immediate surgery with fusion of C3- C7 with a C4 corpectomy. I don't get it, how can 2 separate neurosurgeons have such differing opinions.