Dear zcancerfree:
I am not a Buddhist. I do believe in the Buddhist principles as I am familiar with in the context of psychotherapy. The most basic one is the principle of being awake, of peeling off distortions and seeing reality as it is, its minimal reality.
Until and if you find other ways of communicating with others, you are welcome to communicate here! Any thoughts, feelings, challenges…
Take care of yourself and my empathy for your damaged spine and joints pain…
anita