I dunno if I agree with this premise. Some comforts are illusionary but others are not, and once you lose them they are gone, and you will forever live in discomfort.
Freedom, like wealth and efficiency, can easily become its own end instead of the end to a healthy, fulfilling life.
I'm way more stubborn post diagnosis because I promise you (whoever you are) are way less scary than the fact that I might wake up and never walk again.
In my life this manifests through a willingness to speak up for those lower on the totem pole, to call people out on being manipulative assholes, and a willingness to take bolder decisions because I've been through worse, so come at me, bro.
Imagine not being able to finish a netflix movie in 1 sitting.
They manage it because they have to.