Gary there has to be ways to still stay involved in what you enjoy so much.

1-Share some of the dollars you make and have a young man do all the lifting and setting up.
2-Make it a duo and have him help you set up. To begin with.

You know how to get the jobs – You know how to work your audience --- And you know what to play and when. I feel that the blow you’ve been given has stifled your imagine.
Gary, THERE IS MORE FOR YOU.

John C.

PS, I see the perfect example when observing older senior who are much older than you and are far more limited than you going places and doing things they love. They have someone pushing them in their wheel chairs – driving them where they need to go, and some have their meals cooked for them.

Gary, you are nowhere near these people; but you may be having one big pity-party. Gary that is not meant to be unkind, I just care.