Would like to chat

willow75

hi I’m willow.
I’m new to the community and I would love to chat and make friends.i do feel lonely at times. i have cauda equine syndrome ( spinal cord injury). I was diagnosed 10 years ago after a fall . I’m a wheelchair user I struggle with sleep due to pain so i don’t sleep much .It would be nice just to meet different people and chat .

SmellyBin

Hello Willow * waves * nice to meet you here. Yeah, loneliness can be quite heavy, right? Good thing you can chat about almost everything on this forum. I hope you're doing okay today.

susan234

Hi it can be very lonley i understand i to am a wheelchair bound and days can be very lonley i recently lost my mum at christmas and i am looking for friends too

willow75

hello smellybin , nice to meet you to. Thank you for taking the time to send me a message. Yes the loneliness i think is worse than the condition. I try to keep my mind busy and mood positive. It’s good that you can talk about anything on here . I’m having a really good day today, up bright an early and music on . How are you doing today?

willow75

hi Susan ,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I would like to chat as it’s hard to make friends especially when life changes I’m really sorry to hear you recently lost your mum , that’s very sad .
how are you today hope your doing okay ?

MissMarple

Hello @willow75 Welcome to the community. I'm only an ambulatory wheelchair user but definitely can relate to the not sleeping part!

SmellyBin

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1101385#Comment_1101385

Yeah, everything about the mental part of being ill is for me way more difficult to deal with, than the symptoms - and even those aren't easy :)

Glad you had a proper day, we need those highlights to keep us going. And even though I definitely agree with trying to be positive, the sadness is also part of life so I try to give into that as well. There is no day without a bit of both.

This morning I was glad to hear the birds singing, will Spring be here soon?