Fishing with Permanent Ailments

[Jimbo]

My oncologist got blunt on me this week. I have fairly severe nerve damage (neuropathy) which is a result or side effect of chemo treatments I had last year. Mostly in my feet, for the most part making it difficult to walk on uneven surfaces. He said he's not convinced I'm going to see a complete recovery from it like many do, so I started thinking I can't be the only fisherperson whose dealt with something like this. Have others? Carried on, but maybe had to give up the rocky shores and jetties and nights and be confined to sand and in the day when you can see what you're stepping on? I've had to make many adjustments to life in the past year, ironically this one I seem to more have difficulty in accepting. I guess like Gunny Highway said, improvise, adapt, overcome.