>Bryan,
>
>I am very sorry for your situation and I wish and hope like everything that
>you experience as much recovery as possible. And I do realize that a lot of
>us, comparatively, have "nothing to complain about." But I don't think you
>want us to comfort ourselves with the thought that, "Oh, well, at least I'm
>not as bad off as Bryan"? If I sprain my ankle, it's not a big deal to
>someone with a broken leg, but it still hurts. We're all at different stages,
>each with its own trials and victories, and even though some symptoms are not
>extreme, we do get "down" about them or fearful of what may happen next when
>we experience new or recurring symptoms. Talking, informing, sharing,
>comforting, venting -- that's what this forum is for, no matter what level
>we're at.
Well, to be perfectly honest, I survive because when I do feel down I
go back up to the ward -- same building where I do my out-patient physio or
look at some of the others in their chairs with thier C 5.6,and 7 lesions
and say -- what am I complaining about?
Bryan