MRI RESULTS

[melaniemarie2]

Can someone help me decifer what this means? I have an appoint soon with a neurosurgeon and would like to be better informed since this surgeon appears to be my last bit of hope a semi-normal life.  At L4- L5, MILD CENTRAL AND RIGHT-SIDED DISC PROTRUSION IS INDENTING THE THECAL SAC SLIGHTLY. THE DISC PROTRUSION IS ALSO EXTENDING SLIGHTLY INTO THE INFERIOR RIGHT NEURAL FORAMENT BELOW THE EXITING RIGHT L4 NERVE ROOT. DEGENERATIVE DISC DESSICATION IS NOTED.

AT THE L5- S1 LEVEL, THERE IS A MILD DIFFUSE DISC PROTRUSION INDENTING THE THECAL SAC AND IMPINGING CLOSE TO THE TRAVERSIN RIGHT S1 NERVE ROOT.  DISC DESICCATION AND LOSS OF DISC HEIGHT ARE NOTED. NEURAL FORAMINA ARE SLIGHTLY NARROWED BILATERALLY. DEGENERATIVE FACET JOINT DISEASE IS SEEN BILATERALLY. ENDPLATE DEGENERATIVE FATTY MARRO CHANGES ARE NOTED BILATERALLY. ON THE POSTGADOLINIUM IMAGES, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ABNORMALENHANCEMENT WITHIN THE THECAL SAC OR THE SPINAL CORD. THERE IS SOME ENHANCEMENT OF A SMALL CYSTIC STRUCTURE POSTERIOR TO THE RIGHT L4-L5 FACET JOINT. THERE IS A SCHMORL'S NODE AT THE SUPERIOR ENDPLATE OF L1.  IMPRESSION: MILD RIGHT-SIDED DISC PROTRUSION AT L4-L5. MILD CENTRAL AND RIGHT-SIDED DISC PROTRUSION AT L5-S1.