New Post Mri Information How Bad Posted: 09-23-07 13:01pm
L1-2 SMALL DISC BULGE WITHOUT CANAL OR
FORAMINAL NARROWING
L2-3 SMALL DISC BULGE WITH CENTRAL
PROTRUSION CAUSING MILD CANAL NARROWING
NO NEUROFORAMINAL NARROWING.
L3-4 DISC BULGE WITH CENTRAL PROTRUSION
AND WITH THE CONGENITALLY NARROWED SPINAL
CANAL
THIS CAUSES MODERATE CANAL STENOSIS MILD
LEFT FORAMINAL NARROWING
L4-5 DISC BULGE WITH A LEFT PARAMEDIAN AND
LEFT LATERAL COMPONENT AND WITH THE
CONGENITALLY NARROWED SPINAL CANAL AND
FACET HYPERTROPHY,THERE IS MODERATE CANAL
STENOSIS AND SEVERE LEFT FORAMINAL
STENOSIS
L5-S1 NO CANAL OR FORAMINAL NARROWING
I am in phisical therpy and they have me
on
20mg of prednisone for 5 days I have
severe
leg pain and back pain get verry litle
sleep
How bad is this
Thanks
Greatpicks
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rollar64
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
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Posted: 09-28-07 05:37am
Hi greatpicks, it is hard to say how bad
your condition is, some people cope all
right with this sort of pathology, it kind
of depends on your age, if you don't need
to move much, and you are in the twilight
years, then there is not that much to
worry about, people who are advanced in
age often have this kind of illness.
I can say that all your lumbar disks are
bulging, and there is some impingement of
the nerves by a couple of your disks, you
also have some amount of degenerative
joint disease between the facet joints at
the L4-5 level.
I think your situation is far from
hopeless with a healthy lifestyle and some
helpful therapy some sort of recovery is
possible. none of your disks are ruptured
which is a good sign it is possible for
the bulging in your disks to ease.
