It looks like pretty benign results on the MRI, but I've seen people with horrible results who's conditions don't warrant surgery, and others with mild results who are so severely impaired that surgery is certainly indicated.
Spine surgery should be avoided if possible... you do surgery to get from a pain level of 8 to a 4... you don't do surgery thinking you'll go from a 4 to a 1.
How severely impaired are you?
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