Degenerative Disease of the spine...ouch!

[pachie84]

Hello. Glad to be able to express myself here...thanks. It's hard, for people whom aren't in wheelchairs, to even begin to comprehend what its like; to watch my mobility- in my whole body, as a result of my back problems- go away..., over time. It's quite difficult, to deal with.
I feel, I have alot to offer, whether wheelchair bound, or not; but its strange to loose feeling in my legs and arms, etc. ...I wish I didn't have to ask for so much help, all the time. My fiance, is great: and, I guess I'm doing something right, if he's here with me, thru this all.
Its also difficult, because I have P.T.S.D., and feeling confined isn't a warm feeling for me. I don't know anyone else, in a wheelchair, or with this degenerative disc disease, as badly as I do, at my age.
...So, sorry if I'm whining, but it helps to 'talk' with people who perhaps know where i'm coming from??

[Sharupa]

I have DDD along with spinal stenosis.
I have now included in my liist of dieseases stenosis of the Arota, 15% ejection factor, COPD(Ido not smoke) and CHF(of which I never smoked) I feel itis because of the second hand smoked I breathed when I was quite young.