@lindamartin

Lots of good suggestions, but I’ll add another one. Look at what you can do. Who you can help. There are so many unmet needs in this world; so many hurting things. Then move to help others. (It doesn’t have to be people, maybe your thing will be fostering rescued dogs). And as you do it, you will help yourself.

Physically I’m a mess. Walk with a walker. Can’t hear without a hearing aid. Had a brain tumor. But I have found joy in helping individuals and organizations who need what skills I can offer. Best wishes as you go forward.

@lindamartin

I know you posted this quite a while ago, but it is new to me. I just want you to know that I had a good friend who was a neighbor, who battled cancer for years and ultimately was placed on home hospice. She was probably exceptional in that she remained in her single story home, eventually wheelchair bound, until her death. She did exactly what you are describing, throughout her cancer treatments and beyond. She had friends who she took turns calling upon for help. She also took advantage of services provided in our community (sometimes for rides to treatments, house cleaning, etc). This was before Covid and all the delivery and other services like instacart and everything became prevalent. Since I lived so close by, I had the honor of helping her a lot off and on (household chores, support when she was in pain and afraid and needed help calling nurses, taking notes at doctors appointments, help on and off the toilet, touching base daily to make sure she was ok, etc). She had a working daughter who eventually moved back to town, but her network of friends and the other services made their time together better too. It can be done! Especially if you can afford to engage some home helpers (she could not).

I pray blessings and courage and peace to you.