Here is an example of the type of ignorance that I have encountered every step of the way.
This is my latest thoracic spine MRI. It was done on 4-8-09 at my request because of the severe unrelenting upper back, chest and abdominal pain.
The report makes no mention of any thoracic spine abnormalities. A previous MRI reported herniations at T3-4 and T6-7. Oh and BTW on the flexion extension MRI the T1-2 herniation is touching the spinal cord.