Not Having Your Everyday Functions

Have you ever noticed how different your everyday routines and life can be when you’re super sick? I’m not just talking a common cold here. No, that’s too easy to overcome and still go to work or drive to the grocery store or carry out errands if needed.

I’m talking about a sickness that puts you in bed 80% of the day, where it hurts to even get up and go to the bathroom and your appetite has completely left you.

It really changes up your life during that period of sickness. And during these few times we’ve experienced being quite ill, it really makes us appreciate how great it is to be healthy and without illness. It makes us realize how much we take for granted our general health and our immune’s system to ward off viruses and infections.

Think about that. Think about how hardship or a loss of our general ability to do something puts into perspective how great it is to have the ability to do that thing “normally.” It’s something you never really appreciate until you lose the function or use of it. Just like how you should appreciate your car more in how it gets you to work effortlessly. Without it, what would your backup plan be? Do you know the bus routes in your city? Would you have to take a cab or carpool with a friend who works around you? It would seriously impact how you travel to and from work.

So think about how a disability would impact your life. You’d potentially lose control of a limb, of digits, of a certain part of your brain. How would all of that change how you function on a daily basis?

For starters, it would almost certainly put you out of work for an extended period of time. Without disability insurance, your income would take a hit really quickly. You’d probably have to relearn how to do basic things like writing or walking or standing or even thinking, depending on what disability befell you. Even if it’s temporary, you’d surely take a new perspective on your general and physical health, and you’d definitely gain a new appreciation for people who are disabled.

That’s why having a plan in place is so important when it comes to these sorts of things. Without a disability insurance policy, what would you do? How would you make up for the loss of income when disaster strikes or even an illness affects you for the worse?