I used to do long distance bicycling and can't any more. I hate looking at my three bikes and inddoor trainer rig but just can't seem to part with them.

I was an avid indoor and outdoor roller skater and then Rollerblader, skating on paved walking trails that weaved through woods from Reston Virginia to Washington, DC.....a good LONG skate let me tell you. I can't any more.

I used to horseback ride. Forget that though I still love the sight and smell.....yeah the smell!.....of horses.

Haven't danced in ages and there was a time what now seems like ages ago when I was out EVERY NIGHT for years! God I miss that.  :(

I can no longer bend over my drawing board because I need one hand to prop me up and two hands to work and, well, I was only granted two at birth so no more drawing on drawing boards or tables or desks. Thank Goodness for my Macs though as much as I like digital I terribly miss my pencils and technical pens, and tech rulers and airbrushes and acrylics.

I have difficulty sometimes washing dishes and my diswasher broke so imagine having to do dishes twice a day. Hurts real bad some days.

I sometimes have difficulty getting out of bed or off the toilet or out of a chair or couch. I have difficulty bending over to tie my shows or pull up my pants sometimes when it gets bad.

My sister calls me Handicapped and is trying without success to get m to apply for assistance which I am real reluctant to do for fear of the damn stigma. I just figure  as long as I am not bed ridden or in a wheelchair....YET....I get by. I use a TENS unit to manage my pain and/or non-prescription pain killers and thank God for that....they are cheaper!....and have with thime learned to accept the fate and let the things of youth fall away s I move slowly forward.

Yeah, it definitely takes a lot out of your ego when you find that everything you used to take for granted doing you can no longer do........use your imaginations what else becomes a problem and better understand what your man has to go through.

But, I ask again: is he driven?