Chronic pain

[ellatampa]

Can someone please help me understand my MRI results? I am experiencing a lot of chronic pain in neck, back, and in my right leg. I am feeling a burning sensation in back. Pins and needle, sharp, stabbing is what I am experiencing  
C2-3 loss of disc hydration, C3-4loss of disc height and hydration. Disc herniation indents anterior thecal sac with cord deformity and central stenosis. C4-5 loss of height and hydration with disc bulge and spondylosis indenting anterior thecal sac with cord deformity and central stenosis, unchanged. Neural foramina are stenotic bilaterally. C5-6 loss of disc height and hydration with disc bulge indenting anterior thecal sac unchanged. C6-7 loss of disc height and hydration with disc bulge indenting anterior thecal sac, unchanged. C7-T1 There is no herniated nucleus pulposus or significant central spinal canal stenosis. Nueral foramina are patent. The cord signal, posterior fossa structures and paraspinal tissues appear normal. L4-5 Loss of disc hydration. Disc bulge effaces ventra epidural fat indenting anterior thecal sac. Posterolateral disc bulge in combination with facet arthropathy narrows the bilateral neural foramina. L5-S1 1 mm posterolisthesis of L5 on S1. Disc herniation incompletely effaces ventral epidural fat.. Posterolateral disc bulge in combination with facet arthropathy produces bilateral neural foramen stenosis. Posttraumatic etiology cannot be excluded. Conus medullaris appears unremarkable. Paraspinal tissues appear unremarkable.

[ellatampa]

Thanks. I've taken therapy 4 times and its not helping at all. I've also had several injection procedure including the epidural injection and nothing seems to ease or stop the pain. I told explain to my primary doctor that standing, walking, sitting, any activity only intensify my pain, I can't work and I wanted to get disability .Now that I am not working my husband is struggling to pay bills and my medical bills.  I keep hearing "because you are 33 you should be able to get better". My primary doctor flat out told me that there is nothing wrong with me and no one believes that I am having a lot pain. He thought I was imaging these symptoms. He gave me a referral to have nerve conduction study and a ct myelogram and suggested I see neurologist. I had not seen him in over two months. I had been seen by other doctors that work in his office. The last time I was there I was seen by a female doctor and she told me there was nothing more she could do and referred me to a psychiatric. My spine med doctor suggested I see an orthopedic. I am so tired and to make matters worse I suffer from insomnia, Chronic pain, depression, and Anxiety. I just don't know what to do anymore.

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. You have degenerative disc disease at multiple levels in the neck, from C2 to C7 with lateral neural foraminal stenosis and central canal stenosis. These could be responsible for the neck symptoms and leg symptoms due to myelopathy. Backache could be due to posterolateral disc bulge and facet arthropathy producing bilateral foramen stenosis. This could also contribute to lower limb symptoms. You need to consult your neurosurgeon for therapy options including NSAIDS, acupressure, physiotherapy, exercise, epidural injection of steroids and lastly multiple level disc surgery to decompress. Also, discuss the prognosis with him since your cervical spine discs prolapse has caused central canal stenosis and may have cause irreversible nerve damage. Hope this helps. Take care.