OK, I won’t complain about our acre and a quarter. LOL! My wife and I are in our mid/late 50’s. She has MS and still works, but she puts in long hours and is always fatigued, so not much help there. I’m diabetic and hypertensive, but was always able to work around that until I got hit with two nasty staph infections in my lower legs, which wrecked the circulation and just made the neuropathy worse. Now the neuropathy has gotten even worse since last year, and I’ve taken so many falls, cracked so many bones, and torn so many muscles, my doctor wants me to start using a walker around the house, and a cane when I go out for any length of time. To add insult to injury, my liver and spleen enlarged, they don’t know why, my platelet count is chronically low, and I can’t work outside without long pants on without risking another infection. I use the riding mower on most of the yard, and the push mower for the rest. I ended up retaining a disability lawyer and am waiting for a hearing to go out permanently. He couldn’t understand why I didn’t file earlier, because he’s represented people with a lot less permanent issues and gotten the cases settled. I told him it’s because I’m pig-headed and refuse to act my age. LOL
I feel bad about complaining about my foot now. :-) I’ll be 65 in October and until last November I was exceptionally active. I rode a mountain bike on trails 15-20 miles two or three days a week and walked 3-5 miles the other days that I wasn’t riding. I don’t know if riding trails is in my future after this but I have a road bike I can take on easier Greenways. This summer has been tough but thankfully it’s almost over. If I want the foot to be normal again though I have to baby it for a while longer. We have a zero-turn Kubota riding mower that until this summer my husband was able to use but with his dizzy spells and weak legs it’s a little dangerous for him. My daughter loves to zip around on it so getting her to mow the yard is no problem. I don’t like it. I’m left handed and it gives me a problem. I have used it but I go pretty slow so it’s better to let them do it. I don’t know what we would do if we didn’t have a daughter and son-in-law that were both raised on a farm to help with the work.
Prayers for your recovery. Being disabled is a fear of mine and I always feel badly for anybody that is.