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Below is the written MRI report. Surgery has been done one two of the disks in back Previous spinal surgeon filled out all the paper work stating she is permantly dissable now the private long term insurance has declined stating she can perform her job.we have an appointment with a new spinal surgeon but it's not for a month and I don't understand what all of the below means... Thanks in advance...


PROCEDURE PERFORMED: MR SCAN LUMBAR SPINE WITH AND WITHOUT INTRAVENOUS
ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRAST — 02/22/2013
CLINICAL INDICATIONS: Back pain, leg numbness. History of spinal surgery with internal fixation.
TECHNIQUE: Multiplanar, multi-pulse sequence MR scan of the lumbar spine performed.
FINDINGS: The heights of the lumbar vertebral bodies are maintained. The STIR sequence reveals no
Underlying bone marrow edema. Posterior internal fixation is noted at the L2-3 level with artifacts in keeping
With transpedicular threaded screw placement. They appear to be well placed without evidence of
Impingement upon the foramen. Lnterbody disk spacer at the L5-S1 disk space. Small subligamentous disk
Protrusion L1-2 slightly indents the ventral thecal sac. Mild spinal stenosis appearance at the L4-5 level. No
Evidence of arachnoiditis. Conus medullaris appears normal. Perineuronal fat is maintained in the lateral
Foramen. There is no compression of dorsal root ganglion. There is no abnormal contrast enhancement.
IMPRESSION:
1. ARTIFACTS L2 AND L3 VERTEBRAL BODIES IN KEEPING WITH TRANSPEDICULAR THREADED
SCREW PLACEMENT. NO INDICATION OF ANY IMPINGEMENT UPON THE FORAMEN.
INTERBODY DISK SPACER AT L5-S1 DISK SPACE APPEARS TO BE MAINTAINED IN
SATISFACTORY POSITION.
2. GENERALIZED DEGENERATIVE CHANGES OF LUMBAR DISKS. SMALL SUBLIGAMENTOUS DISH
PROTRUSION AT THE L1-2 LEVEL MILDLY EFFACES THE VENTRAL THECAL SAC. MILD SPINAL
STENOSIS AT L4-5. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ARACHNOIDITIS. NO ABNORMAL CONTRAST
ENHANCEMENT.