@Beth Gallagher you are far from alone. I’ve been like that for many years. I bought my 2002 Saturn brand spanking new. There’s a reason why it only has 80,000 miles on it. I said it was my retirement car and when I retired I wasn’t coming off this hill except to go to the Feed store & the grocery store and I meant that.
Thankfully, for me, I live very rural and I live in an Ag county so when I do go into town, it’s relatively painless and the food places serve up quality and quantity for the money spent . In my case, it is cheaper for me to buy something ant one of the restaurants and bring it home because the portions are so large I can generally get 2 to 3 meals out of one serving.
My world gets smaller because my arthritis is not getting any better. It slows me down - it tisses me off - A lot. By the time I am done doing one thing, I am almost wiped out for the rest of the day. I might just as well have unloaded 125 bales of hay off the wagon for as tired and wore out as I am.
Still-in-all, while I love my dogs, my horse is my purpose to keep moving, no matter how much it hurts.
.... Alot of people just do not understand that arthritis not only hurts, and limits mobility, but also just drains energy.