Hi, Dr Kidstache.
I am a nurse who has been disabled from Multiple Sclerosis. It affects both my body and my memory. I think that the biggest adjustment was that I could no longer take care of people like I once could: even with my own family my husband must back my efforts because I forget things entirely. It took me years to accept this.
At any rate, it sounds like you have a handle on your basic expenses, though I have found that time regularly spent at it helps to keep the household running smoothly. I have found that I make a pretty fair housewife, and when I became organized I learned I only needed intermittent help with it. This is a come down as my dream was to be a commercial farmer, funded by my earnings as an RN. And, I cannot do either, now.
The life I am now living is not what I intended, but at least I can live a reasonably normal life. And, being a housewife does have its own rewards: the one and only thing wrong with it is that I did not choose it.
So, I am a housewife, with a hobby farm in my back yard. Because, disabled or not, I am still the person that I have always been, and agriculture has always been my first choice. I actually enjoy being a housewife, though I cannot stop trying to figure out how I can farm as well, and I have been disabled now for 14 years. Intellectually I know it is not going to happen, but my thoughts keep going in that direction.
At any rate, you are a doctor. In time you might be able to function as one, but I suggest that you come up with a plan B and a plan C. Because you do not know your future. I have seen one stroke victim so impaired that she could only move a couple of fingers, but a year later she was walking around and she was continuing to progress the last time I saw her. There is no way of predicting the future.
At any rate, I wanted to share a couple of tips about running a house while handicapped. It is possible that you will be doing this for a bit.
Do you remember A, B, C? (for the other readers, it is Airway, Breathing, Circulation. Medical people check this when assessing an injured person). Well, when running a house, think "living things first", because when your body quits it might literally quit. That means to set a high priority on things like dinner tonight and water for the pets. And, for day when I am not good for much, I have canned meals in a cupboard. If you take a box of rice -a-roni and open a can of chicken it makes a meal, and I can put them in my rice cooker with a handful of frozen peas. That way I do not have to watch a pot on the stove because on a mental day I might forget it, and what is in a rice cooker will not burn. I also keep my pets water dish in the bathroom so I cannot forget to fill it. When I get the mail the bills get put in ONE spot, and I pay them on Fridays. If I forget one Friday there will not be anything overdue the next Friday.
So, living things first is "A". "B" is the quality of your life. For myself I am supposed to exercise, under the theory of "If you do not use it you will lose it". So, I talk on a homesteading forum and I have a garden in my back yard. To make the garden possible, I got my youngest to help me roll out weed barrier and I punched holes every 3 feet. Each hole accepts one plant, be it a cabbage or a pepper or????? I garden for 15 minutes a day, which is my exercise. I simply sit down and I care for whatever I can reach with hand tools. I water with a drip irrigation system, though I have not gotten the bugs worked out, yet. And, I have some miniature trees that do not get more than 4 feet tall.
That is my "B", I do not know what yours will be but it should be something you care about. I also often give advice on the forum to people who say "I have just been diagnosed with diabetes, I have an armful of pamphlets on what to eat and not to eat, but I am hungry NOW!!!!" "And I do not know what I can eat". I do good work, there, and I am proud of it.
I am aware that you are not up to this yet, but there is a good chance that you will be, in time.
"C". your career. I cannot give you advice there, as it is a hurdle that I have never been able to cross. I am aware that there are government agencies that will help, but I still cannot do them. I tire far to quickly, and there are other problems. Whatever.
I have raised 2 special needs kids, both are employed, and my oldest is getting married in June. I would have liked to do more of the hands on work, but at least I was able to go shopping with DD for clothes. And, she is having the same Bridal jitters as I once had, and I have been able to talk her through that.
For my career I am a Mom, and as a hobby I have my backyard hobby farm. And, I can still give advice on-line, at least. As for giving advice, tat is also something that you can do. My memory is not good enough to have patients, but at least I can help talk people through some of their nursing level medical stuff.
My life was not what I would have chosen, but the last several years have been good ones.