Enum dropdownlistfor issue - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

I've read a possible solution to this, but would require a lot of rewriting, the possible solution is linked here, but there wouldn't be any sense to doing it that way if I am just a couple words off in my dropdownlistfor.
I'm having an issue with my dropdownlistfor as this is all new to me:
#Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.pageID, new SelectList (Enum.GetNames(typeof(PageIndex)), EnumHelper.GetSelectedItemList<PageIndex>().SelectedValue))
Trying to grab the "description" of my enum values as the drop down lists text values, then have an integer value returned to the database on POST.
Here's my enum:
public enum PageIndex : int
{
[Description("Developmental Disabilities Tip Sheet")]
ddTipSheets = 1,
[Description("Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii")]
Example1 = 2,
[Description("I don't know what I'm doing")]
Example2 = 3
};
and my EnumHelper:
public class EnumHelper
{
public static SelectList GetSelectedItemList<T>() where T : struct
{
T t = default(T);
if (!t.GetType().IsEnum) { throw new ArgumentNullException("Please make sure that T is of Enum Type"); }
var nameList = t.GetType().GetEnumNames();
int counter = 0;
Dictionary<int, String> myDictionary = new Dictionary<int, string>();
if (nameList != null && nameList.Length > 0)
{
foreach (var name in nameList)
{
T newEnum = (T) Enum.Parse(t.GetType(), name);
string description = getDescriptionFromEnumValue(newEnum as Enum);
if (!myDictionary.ContainsKey(counter))
{
myDictionary.Add(counter, description);
}
counter++;
}
counter = 0;
return new SelectList(myDictionary, "Key", "Value");
}
return null;
}
private static string getDescriptionFromEnumValue(Enum value)
{
DescriptionAttribute descriptionAttribute =
value.GetType()
.GetField(value.ToString())
.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false)
.SingleOrDefault() as DescriptionAttribute;
return descriptionAttribute == null ?
value.ToString() : descriptionAttribute.Description;
}
}