COPD's Impact on Retirement Plans

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I retired 5 years before being diagnosed with COPD. A lot has changed since. Mostly is how much time I can spend outside. I live across the street from a lake. I had planned on doing a lot of fishing and teaching my grandkids the art and fun of fishing. Now fishing is down to a few times a year depending on the weather. I can't go to all of my grandson's sporting events. Soccer games, baseball and football games. Once again because of being outside too much. Here in South Central Texas, it is too hot 1/2 of the year for me to be outside. The other half of the year is either rainy, too chilly, too much springtime pollen, mold in the air, or to windy for me to be outside. This puts a big stop sign on what I can do with my grandsons. I still see them quite a bit, but it is restricted to mostly indoor activities. Also now with COPD; medications, doctor visits, testing several times a year, getting sick several times a years also does not help the pocket book. So COPD has definitely not helped my retirement much. It is what it is. I make the most of it as I can. What else can one do? Feel sorry for oneself? Not me. I do what I can when I can and get on with life. Some days are really good and some are really bad. Just the way it is. How one deals with it is what is important. That's all I got. Take care all and God Bless!