MRI results needing help with layman terms

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Can anyone give me layman terms for the following? Has anyone experienced these things?
L3-L4 mild diffuse annular bulging without disc herniation.
Mild degenerative changes in facets
L4-L5 mild loss of disc height and dehydration. Mild bulging posteriorly.
Mild to moderate deenerative changes in facets.
Bilateral L5 pars defects noted.
L5-S1 slight grade1 anterolisthesis.
Mild to moderate diffuse annular bulging asymmetric posterolaterally to the right.
Moderate bilateral neural foraminal encroachment. :confused:
 
In anterolisthesis, the upper vertebral body is positioned abnormally compared to the vertebral body below it.

L3 annular bulging w/o herniation- means the disc is bulging but has not torn open. If the disk tears, it leaks out the stuff inside which severely irritates the nerves.

L4-L5 loss of height and dehydration pretty much means that the disc is degenerating and it also is bulging.

All reference to a pars defect that I found refers to a stress fracture but I'm not certain.

Neural foraminal encroachment- is where the nerves coming off your spinal cord are blocked or being pushed on, usually from a bulging disk.

To sum it up, I'd say you are heading for surgery. I had spondolyesthesis which is where the vertebra was sliding off of the disc and was in surgery two weeks later. I hope yours is not as severe. I hope this helps and I wish you the best of luck.
 
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