I am a 60 year old female with a history of longstanding spinal stenosis. 10 years ago, I had a two level foramenectomy without fusion due to bone spurs compressing the nerves and causing loss of function of my hand. The surgery was a success. Of course the degeneration has continued.
I have markedly increased pain throughout my neck as well as pain and a sensation of heaviness radiating into my upper right arm,tinnitus and dizziness. I also experience intermittent vertigo.
The MRI showed reversed lordosis in the cervical spine as well as grade 1 anterolisthesis c3 upon c4 and c7 upon TI while the MRI from
C2/c3 uncoventtebral hypertrophy with moderate to severe left neural foraminal narrowing
C3/c4 left sided foraminal encroachment
C4/c5 c5/c6 . left disk oseophyte complex causing a mass effect on the ventral subarachnoid spaces abutting (not displacing) the cord
c/6 to c/7 degenerative facet changes with severe bilateral neural foraminal narrowing and mild central stenosis. Marked spinal stenosis secondary to bulging disks and posterior osteophytes and bilateral foraminal narrowing
t1/t2, posterior disc protrusion
t2/t3 slight anterolistesis with posterior disc bulge. Disc appears to contact but not definitely compress the ventral aspect of the thoractic cord
t/3-t/4, I had right paracentral disc protrusion.
Could my symptoms be explained by the MRI results?