Any other DUers living in a nursing or assisted living facility?

[BuelahWitch]

My "disability" is 4th stage metastatic breast cancer that spread to my left lung, liver and several bones. My walking ability is severely impaired, and I also have had double vision due to cancer at the base of my skull. I was diagnosed in November of last year when I was admitted to the ER after both my legs went out. Since I was living at the top of a third story walk up, and had no family or close friends to care for me, the social worker at the hospital filed SSDI and Medicaid paperwork for me, and arranged for me to be cared for at a nursing home about 40 miles south from where I was living.
After chemo, my insurance company rep had me placed in an assisted living facility about 5 miles north. I am still one of the youngest people here (I'll be 53 next month), but there is a bit more autonomy here. I was hoping once I got into a different place that I could take my kitty back, but they don't allow pets here, and it's too small a room for her anyway. But she is living with a nice lady a few blocks away who brings her for visits.
Although I will never be cured, or even in remission, the cancer is "stable" and I am trying to learn to walk again. I am not too interested in the activities here, but I did make friends with a few of the other residents. I miss walking on my own and driving. And of course I miss my beloved pet something awful.
Posted this here instead of the cancer group as it was more about being disabled than having cancer. I hope that was ok.