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mri results of cervical spine

Can you expain the following:  Servere disc space narrowing and disc cesiccation at the C5-C6 and C6-C7 levels.  Remaining dintervertebral disc normal in height, but disc desiccation.  Posterior fossa and spinal cordin normal limits. C3-C4 level:  No disc bulge or herniation.  Bilateral uncovertebral and apophyseal joint degenerative disease.  Mild tomoderate right and mild left neuoforaminal stenosis.  C4-C5 level:  No significan disc bulge or herniation or central canal stenosis.  Bilateral uncovertebral and apophyseal joint hypertrophy that results in mild bilateral neuoforaminal stenosis.  C5-C6 level:  Broad base disc osteophyte complex at this level.  A bilateral uncovertebral and aposphyseal joint degenerative disease.  Mild to moderate cental canal stenosis.  Moderate bilateral neuoforaminal stenosis, right greater than left.  C6-C7 level:   Minal broad base disc osteophyte complex at this level that result in minimal to mild central canal stenosis.  Bilateral uncovertebral and apophyseal joint degererative disease, mild bilateral neuroforaminal stenosis.  C7-T1 level:  No evidence of significant disc bulge or herniation.  Thanks so muck
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what is rather advanced uncovertebral bony hypertrophy in left lateral recess at c4-c5-6 producing moderate foraminal stenosis? chronic spondylosis with post-operative change.mild kyphosis. mild 2 millimeter anterior subluxation of c3-c4. neural foraminal narrowing from c3 to t1. surgical, chronic degenerative changes. i was diagnosed with all of this after i had c-spine fusion surgery. i'm worse instead of better. having problems i didn't have. numbness in my head, can barely walk, and horrible pain! please tell me what this means.
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what does an mri mean when it says the pulse sequences were sagittal T1 and T2
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results of cervical mri. results being broad base bulging at c5-6 and minimal central bulging at c6-7. what does this mean? i also have severe numbness in right hand. tx
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