yes I HOPE SO 1ST iVE BEEN FIGHTING LOW BACK PAIN FOR APPOX. 2 AND A HALF YRS. IRECENTLY FOUND A DISK FROM JUNE 2009 IT IS RESULTS FROM DISCOGRAM AND CT SCAN OF L1-L2,L3-L4,L4-L5,AND L5-S1 IT READS AS FOLLOWS L1-L2,THERE IS A DISC BULGE WHICH IS ECCENTRIC TO THE RIGHT AND RESULTS IN MILD RIGHT NEURAL FORAMINAL NARROWING ,MILD CENTRAL CANAL STENOSIS AS WELL .L3-L4 THERE IS FACET ARTHROPATHY AND THICKENING OF LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM AS WELL AS ALEFT FORAMINAL DISC PROTRUSION. THIS BROAD-BASED PROTRUSION EXTENDS INTO THE NEURAL FORAMEN RESULTING IN MODERATE LEFT NEURAL FORAMINAL NARROWING ,AT L4-L5 THERE IS A DISC BULGE,FACETARTHROPATHY,AND THICKING OF LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM ,RESULTS IN MILD CENTRAL CANAL STENOSIS AND MILD BILATERAL NEURAL NEURAL FORAMINAL NARROWING,AT L5-S1 THERE IS A DISC BULGE AND FACET ARTHROPATHY. THERE IS ENFACEMENT OF THE LATERAL RECESSESS AND BILATERAL NEURAL FORAMINALNARROWING,LEFT GREATER THAN RIGHT.DISCGRAM RESULTS AT L1-L2 THERE IS GRADE 4 ANNULAR TEAR NO CONTRAST EXTRAVASTION IS IDENT.,AT L3-L4 THERE IS A GRADE 5 TEAR ,L4-L5 GRADE 5 TEAR ,CONTRAST MAT. TOTHE POTERIOR MARGIIN L5-S1 GRADE 5 ANNULAR TEAR AS WELL MY QUESTIONS ARE SINCE NO DR HAS EVER CONSULTED ME OR MY FAMILY DR ABT THESE FINDINGS WHAT IS THE PBOBABILITY MY CONDITIONS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE, FACT IS I KNOW THEY ARE WORSE THEY GET WORSE EVERY DAY HOW OR WHAT IS BEST TREATMENT FOR CONDITION IHAVE PAIN ALL THE TIME IN LOW BACK BUTTOCKS THIGHS,NUMBNESS IN FEET 60% OF TIME I JUST WANT SOME KIND OF IDEA OF WHATS NEXT IVE HAD ESI'S DID NOT HELP MY FAM.DR WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT DISK