That was stupid (on my part)

They (the all knowing all powerful they) insist that patients should get and keep all of their medical test results. They say its the smart thing to do. So being smart, yesterday I went off to get a copy of my CT scan results so I can read it myself and obey 'them'.Now I'm sorry I did.I know the value of having a doctor interpret the results but the ER doctor had already told me no injuries, just some arthritis in my neck.I also know that some things show up on test results that the radiologists comment on but aren't really important and can be ignored.But now I want to call my doctor to find out if I should be concerned. Both tests, the head CT and the neck CT, conclude with no acute findings with chronic findings as noted. Acute means no injuries. Chronic means never going to go away.I had a spine MRI about four years ago and will attempt to dig out the results which are buried in my folder of medical test results later today. I do not believe that MRI reported any chronic findings with my neck or cervical spine.My concern is where the CT test results say things like:"There is mild prominence of extra-axial volume loss" when they talk about my brain.  Is my brain shrinking?"There is minimal degenerative anterolisthesis at C3/4 and minimal degenerative retrolisthesis at C4/C5. A C4/C5 there is minimal narrowing of the central canal due to broad-based disc osteophyte. There is moderate narrowing of the bony right neural foramen due to disc and uncovertebral joint degener...
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