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MRI results - anyone else with the same?

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Hayhue
Hayhue

I just received my MRI results with & without contrast on my cervical, thoracic, and lumbar.

This is what the results mean from what I've researched. Let me know if I'm wrong: I have a bone spur between T-11 & T-12 pressing on my spinal cord sac causing central stenosis. And my lower back has some straightening but they said that can be from spasm or sprain.

Anyone else have this? What are the treatment options, if so? I see my neurologist next Monday but I didn't want to wait for results so I looked online through a patient portal.

Here is what the exact results said incase anyone's interested:

Cervical: normal

Thoracic: "there is a small T-11 T-12 central disc osteophyte complex with mild enhancement. No significant central stenosis or foraminal narrowing."

Lumbar: "At T-11 T-12 there is a central posterior disc osteophyte, effacing the thecal sac anteriorly, resulting in only minimal central stenosis, with narrowing the thecal sac diameter to approximately 9 mm"

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  • yasmina09887
    yasmina09887 Hayhue

    Posted

    HI Hayne, any mri that says minimum of anthing usually means physio and treatments. .. Stenosis is abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body. Neurologists is not the fit. See your GP to send a request to a neurosurgeon to see you. I am having surgery and I have done so much research on all of spine issues. Even when you see your GP, do some homework on the top neurosurgeons you would like to see. Go on Patient Review to see the credentials and what other patients say. Hope that helps.
    • Hayhue
      Hayhue yasmina09887

      Posted

      My neurologist will probably send me to one I'm assuming. I'm from the US but I definitely will look some up!

    • yasmina09887
      yasmina09887 Hayhue

      Posted

      Yes, please look some up. You are the advicate of your health. I am in Canada.
  • socksmom
    socksmom Hayhue

    Posted

    Yes mine pretty much said same thing along with chest xray too. Quess, couldn't explain my conditon. Not feeling minimal to me,!

    • Hayhue
      Hayhue socksmom

      Posted

      So your results didn't explain your symptoms?

    • socksmom
      socksmom Hayhue

      Posted

      May I ask what your symptons were? Sorry,I may have missed that post. I have had a lot of different symptons, thinking am I just tense and crazy. I have had stomach problems at first, gas in esophagus, stomach protruding, to the point of having breathing problems, back hurts and leg weakness to the point I can't walk.I know my spine has repositioned also causing bowell problems. (Cervical neck minimal ) going on 4 months and no ansews. Last visit said to be checked for hernia??? Wish I could go back to way I was. At least my body was moving around without back pain and stiffness. Hope you get straightend out. Keep us posted....

    • socksmom
      socksmom Hayhue

      Posted

      They are not telling me anything...I saw radiology re! keep shaking their saying they dont know what my problem is..they sent me now to be checked for hernia cause of the breathing problem when I am full after meal. It took me going to E R after a month of them refusing to see me. Kept saying it was not anything due to SCS trial..but it started as I sat up after procedure, I am so frustrated and mad but with comp everything has go to be approved!
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