I am struggling to find a surgeon who gives me an objective point of view. I don't think I have severe spondylosthesis, but they are saying I need fusion anyway. I am going to paste a part of my MRI and see what people think. L3-L4: Better demonstrated, L3-4 decompressive laminectomy. Clinical correlation suggested.
Redemonstrated, uncovering of the disc by spondylolisthesis.
Diffuse disc bulge with superimposed moderately large, broad-based central rightward disc herniation, redemonstrated, severe right and mild/moderate left-sided foraminal narrowing with impingement exiting right greater than left L3 nerve root sheaths.
Slightly improved, right lateral recess spinal stenosis.
Redemonstrated, severe left and moderate right-sided facet arthropathy. No spinal stenosis as there is decompression via laminectomy.