I see it's been a few days since there was a post/reply to this topic. Hope I'm not too late to put in my 2 cents in an effort to keep this alive like Rose suggested. To Rose and to skeezy: never give up, sounds like you both are doing all you can to keep going as normal as you can.

My lovely list of ailments are...left and right heel spurs with Haglund’s deformity, left and right hip spurs with degenerative disease, osteoarthritis with space narrowing of the joints, which is now effecting my hands, significant degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine causing neck/arm pain, weakness and numbness, spinal narrowing, cervical stenosis, uncovertebral joint arthrosis, disc herniation, kyphosis (curvature of the spine), bilateral foraminal stenosis, mitral heart valve regurgitation, severe sinus issues because of my elongated sinus cavities and chronic kidney stones. Whew.

Anyone who reads this must think, can she even move? Yes I can. There sure are days that I don't want to do much but my limitations only get worse if I don't move. I do find that because of my neck issues I need to be in bed for at least 10 hours a day. It's the only way I can function the next day. I take heart and sinus meds, opiates, muscle relaxers and otc meds plus the periodic antibiotic for bladder and kidney infections because of the kidney stones I pass monthly.

Injections into the spine and hips have alleviated some of my pain. When at it's worse I was like you skeezy and couldn't get out of bed. I had to do stairs by sitting on them like a two year old.

Yes, walking, staying busy during my "up" hours is the best medicine. Hugs to you both!