The young women grappling with an ‘old man’s disease’

The young women grappling with an ‘old man’s disease’

By Roni Caryn Rabin The New York Times The most stressful part of the trip for Sunny Brous came when she had to part with her wheelchair so the flight crew could put it in the luggage hold. You just never know what shape it will be in when you get it back, she said. “I tell them, ‘Take the best care of it you can,’ ” she said. “Those wheels are my legs! Those wheels are my life.” Brous, 38, who lives in Hico, Texas, was one of dozens of women wh…