Venting

TL;DR 1.6cm (16mm) extrusion-like herniation pressing on my L5-S1 nerve root. Been dealing with this since July 2024. It’s just continued to get worse instead of better. I’m just venting.

L3-4: Disc desiccation with mild loss of intervertebral disc space height. Shallow central disc

protrusion indents the ventral epidural space thecal sac without central canal stenosis. Neural

foramina patent without neural impingement. Noncompressive anterior spondylosis.

L4-5: Disc desiccation with mild loss of intervertebral disc space height. Left paracentral extrusion-

type disc herniation extends 1.6 cm below the disc margin into the lateral recess compressing the

descending L5 nerve root. Mild central canal stenosis with AP canal diameter 9 mm along the

midsagittal plane. Inferior foraminal narrowing without nerve root effacement. Noncompressive

anterior spondylosis.

L5-S1: Disc desiccation with moderate loss of interval disc space height. Shallow disc protrusion

without central canal stenosis or thecal sac compression. Moderate left and mild right foraminal

narrowing effaces the exiting left L5 nerve root in combination with facet arthropathy.

Noncompressive anterior spondylosis.