MrTinAZ

This is all Greek to me sorry if I am asking too many questions but can someone help me interpret this? All I get out of it is bulging discs, stenosis, and perhaps some mild degeneration what am I missing?

Thoracic: straightening of mid thoracic curvature. No evidence of occult fracture or marrow infiltration. Normal morphologic and signal characteristics. There is generalized loss of disc height an disc desiccation and very mild annular disc bulging. There is no focal disc extrusion at any level. No marked central canal or foraminal narrowing seen at any level.
Impression: mild diffuse generative changes

Lumbar:There is straightening of lumbar lordosis felt to be due to muscle spasm. There is no occult fracture or marrow infiltration. Conus medullaris, cauda equina, paraspinal musculature, visualized sacrum, and sacroiliac joints appear unremarkable.
T12-L1 through L2-3 levels are unremarkable
L3-4Mild annular disc bulge with facet arthrosis and pedicles at lower limits of normal contributing to mild aquired narrowing of the central canal with mild bilateral subarticular recess and foraminal narrowing.
L4-5demonstrates a a broad-based annular disc bulge with associated facet arthrosis and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy contributing to mild to moderate aquired narrowing of the central canal with mild bilateral subarticular recess and foraminal narrowing.
L5-S1demonstrates mild broad-based annular disc bulge. associated facet arthrosis contributing to mild bilateral foraminal narrowing.
Conclusion:
1.Degenerative changes resulting in central canal with bilateral subarticular recess and foraminal narrowing at L3-4 and L4-5.
2. Mild bilateral L5-S1 foraminal narrowing secondary to degenerative changes as above.