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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?  
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