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2naSalit

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15. It can be...
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 12:18 PM
Sep 2023

just as devastating to lose your sight as it can be to have the physical limitations, though different in nature. I am fortunate to have mostly good physical ability, still, but a few weeks ago I woke up with what looks like a small bug squashed on my glasses in my right eye, a floaty. Always had exceptional vision but this flaw freaked me the hell out and I went to the optometrist right away. It's a common thing and not a serious issue, I was told. But it also made me think about "what if" since I am approaching 70 and things are going stop working like they always have. With my arthritis in my spine, I am in a slow-mo version of my love's plight and will eventually be physically incapacitated as well. Not looking forward to it but that's the trajectory when the bone deteriorates enough. But that will be the end for me and I'm ready for it, I just want to have most of my other stuff working until then!



We're here to hold each other's hand as we travel the aging highway.

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