49 here, spent my entire life manufacturing after getting out of 4 years in Marine Corps. Built cabinets and moved on to high dollar windows, doors and hatches for yachts. High dollar as in $10,000 for a interior door. Was a CNC machinist at that job for 15 years. Moved on to a large airplane manufacturer and was hurt doing someones job they refused to do and ultimately am facing something new. Was told everything I have ever done is only going to aggravate my injury and make my quality of life worse than it is now.
So what do I do now, I’m not sure yet. Hope to go back to school but not sure how this injury deal will play out. Miss the going to work every day routine and OT, was a workaholic.