Hi Sarah, welcome. I hope we can help you with your next steps. Have you found your way around the online community? Browsed around, searched? There are many posts and stories on spine surgery and ADR going back to 2004 -- when I had my disc replacement.
You got the MRI and XRays...on CD? You should also request and read the radiologist report. Read it carefully, then read it again. Look up the words that you don't understand, then cross-reference them here using the search feature.
That's a good start.