Instant decrepitude and stroke effects

 I originally thought I would become decrepit over many years. But no, I hit the wall at age 50 with my stroke. Now I am spending years to get back to some semblance of normalness so I can work on becoming decrepit over many years like I thought would originally happen. As someone said to me. 'You hit a pothole in the road of life'. Actually it turned out to be a sinkhole that swallowed me.  Yes, but I am fixing the flat in preparation for 40 more years and rebuilding the car besides. And I will go speeding down that road again.