Question: this is the impression of what my mri says, mild to moderate multilevel degenerative changes in th cervical spine resulting in varying degrees of bilateralneural foraminal narrowing and nerve root impingement cannot be excluded at the c5-c6 and c4-c5 levels. there are no areas of central canal stenosis or cord impingement. bascially what does that mean?

I have numb & tingleness down my right arm & my right leg hurts constantly in the joints. my rght thumb & pointer finger is drawing up. my right knee also is swelled. i hurt constantly in my right shoulder blade too. I have always been a right side sleeper but cant do that anymore. I thought all this was being caused by my RA but my rhuematologist didnt think so & sent me to a nuerologist which had the MRI done. I dont go back to him til May 10th & with all my previous lower back problems, Im just scared. I am also a recovering addict where I had been on narcotic pain meds so long I couldnt quit on my own. With all my previous med problems, I wasnt sure if it would be more surgery or something that will fix itself. The pain though, is getting harder to deal with though & I dont want to be put back on the narcotics. Im already on cymbalta, gabapentin, baclophen, ibuprophen & Im at the maximum dosage on those meds.