Valid fears, All.. I never thought I'd have to depend on others to get anywhere. My car keys were
my freedom to any destination I desired. I don't have big expectations...No great desire to GO to any other place. I can SEE places from my armchair.
I have been to a point where I needed others to bodily take care of me.(when I had triple bypass) for a number of days. I never imagined I wouldn't be able to get up eventually and walk out.
I was an only child, learned to play and make my own fun or go swim or whatever. My biggest trial was getting along without Bill. It took me a year to understand that I had otherworld company and He got me through that. As did Webtv and kind people who talked to me when nights were long, or I began to think of me as alone or lonely. I got past it.
Pain is a trial. Pain patches, pain cream, or pills get me past it. God is good.