My father had emphysema, and to all appearances he was perfectly healthy but he struggled to walk a long distance. He still refused to get a handicapped sticker because he said there were people in worse shape than him who needed them. He would just stop to catch his breath a time or two while walking to the store.
Exactly. My parents don’t get the permanent. I don’t know why, unless there are higher standards. Neither of them is going to get better at their age. My dad also has mild heart disease, hardening in the lungs, and my mom has unknown lung spots and coughs ALOT, also for 15 years.