MRI results
 

My doctor is pretty much telling there is nothing wrong with me and doesn't know why i'm in so much pain. can somebody please give me a little more info on my MRI because I don't believe him.

L1-2 There is disc space height narrowing with degenerative and/or desiccated disc. There is a moderate left paramedian disc herniation. The central spinal canal and neural foramina are adequately patent at this level. The facet joints are unremarkable.
L2-3: the disk is unremarkable. The central spinal canal and the neural foramina are adequately patent at this level. The facet joints are unremarkable.
L3-4: There is a degenerative and/or desiccated disc. There is a mild, diffuse, circumferential disc bulge. The central spinal canaal and the neuroforamina are adequately patent. The facet joints are unremarkable.
L4-5: There is a degenerative and/or desiccated disc. There is a moderate, diffuse, circumferential disc bulge. rest is same as above
L5-S1: There is a degenerative and/or desiccated disc. There is a moderate, diffuse, circumferential disc bulge. There are moderate posterior element degenerative changes.same as above

Except for L2-L3, all of the discs are degenerative and/or desiccated.

Hi basslady~
 

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"]You have what is called Degenerative Disc Disease OR (DDD).Unless you have other symptoms they probably won't do anything. Yes, it is painful I have had 7 back surgeries and I still have it. Your disc's are drying out. Mine look like dried up spools. Not much you can do about that. Thats what desiccated means. I am sending a link you can look up and read. Be sure to read all of them it points to.[SIZE][FONT]
http://www.spine-health.com/conditio...ve-disc-diease In Search type in "Degenerative Disc Diease" & drop down to Lumbar Degenerative Diease. I think this will help you!
Fancylady:)

I'm thinking you need another drs opinion.
Take your report and films to have them looked at by another dr, as well as a list of your symptoms and pain levels.
Maybe your dr is not very familiar with new or current treatments.

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mri question
 

My girlfriend had an mri done on her spinal cord and her doctor told her that she had athritis, she is in studying medicine to become a nurse and she believes that this is the wrong diagnosis and her doctor is sending her for a second opinion day to a neuro sergeon. The doctor did tell her that there were black spots that showed up on her spine in the MRI and I believe that is why he is sending her to the neuro surgeon. Just wondering if there is anyone that has had this results and an answer for this. Any ideas are welcome. Please feel free to leave suggestions if there are any. Thanks guys.

since all the foramen are "adequately patent" i would wonder if this pain is chemical in cuase and not mechanical......unfortunately i dont have any suggestions for the pain.....and i would get a second opinion

What your doc meant to say is that there is nothing profoundly unusual about your MRI findings. You can take a person with absolutely no pain whatsoever, and their MRI might show all kinds of findings including multiple disc bulges, foraminal stenosis, canal stenosis, etc. It's just the radiologist doing his job. I often see patients with an impressive finding at one nerve root but with symptoms in a totally different place. Pain is so complex, more often than not, we don't know why a patient has it. Pain management is a really imperfect field unfortunately. But I certainly wouldn't do an intervention based on this beautiful MRI.

ok first of all this doctor does not know what he is talking about. I suggest you go and see a chiropractor as long as you do not have any broken discs they can help you. You have disc herniation and yes if one of your discs is narrowing that means there probably is a problem with your spine and it is painful. Did you also try changing your bed

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