Very informative ... osteo arthritis was diagnosed when I was 36 years old and the doctor told me to keep working for 'as long as you are able'. When I reminded him I was 30 years away from retirement age, he just repeated the statement. I can no longer keep pills in a closed hand because they don't close, had to have my left thumb fused, had a bone taken out of my wrist (or what was left of the bone after arthritis ate away at it), my fingers are crooked, I sometimes strike the letter on the keyboard next to the one I intended (because that's the direction my finger now points). That being said, I told my my doctor I refuse to age gracefully, I'm going kicking and scream every step of the way ... and now I'm only 6 years from retirement (if there's anything left in the social security fund when I get there).
I try to pick tools that make life easier and do less at a time but I'm not giving up my quilting and sewing passion.
Girl Power!!!!