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the_rckMy hands are giving me a lot of trouble. I keep misjudging how much I can do in terms of typing or stirring or holding a book. Tiger balm helps, so does soaking my hand in room temperature water. I don't do the latter nearly as often as I'd like because I need at least one side of the kitchen sink to be clean and empty. I can't get the depth in the bathroom sink or the width in a big pot. I can keep using the same water as long as it stays reasonably clean (which is why I use room temperature water).
Sadly, when there are dishes in the sink, I'm stuck because the dishes are Cordelia's job. Of course, they're Cordelia's job because we're afraid that I'll end up with shattered glass all over the floor if I do them.
The lighter weight dishes that we've bought to replace the stoneware that I can no longer manage are glass. It's a difficult spot because the intersection of light enough for me to lift, microwave and dishwasher safe, and unlikely to break if I drop it is... kind of tiny. I'm sure something must exist out there, but we haven't found it yet.
I think I need to work on remembering to put on my heavy duty splints before I read paper books. I have less pain after reading when I do that. I've got about a dozen hardcovers from the library that I've been putting off because of weight. Four of them have waitlists and can't be renewed, and one of those is due next Saturday. All of the ones with waitlists are by authors I know I'll enjoy, so I'd prefer not to wait six months to a year.
The heavy splints also help with pain from typing but are not compatible with touch typing on a laptop. Anything that involves stretching an index finger or that using the space bar ends up clicking the trackpad and/or pushing fn, control, option, or command (possibly all four at once) which gives me new and exciting typos, deletes characters, reverses the order of characters I've already typed, etc.
Hunt and peck typing takes 10x as long as touch typing.
After my walk to the eye exam at the beginning of the month, my legs took several days to recover and didn't really start to feel better until Scott spent some time massaging them. They only needed between five and ten minutes each, but neither of us expected it to help, so we hadn't prioritized it. Next time, I'll remember.
During the last few days, I've figured out that I can help the pain in my right shoulder by lying on that side for a while. It's not great from a reflux point of view (which is why I don't normally do it), but I only need to manage it for a few minutes every night to get some relief.
I have finished my A-Ride renewal paperwork. I need to hand it over to my doctor, but she's unavailable all of this coming week. I need to get it to the AAATA office by mid-April so as to have six weeks for them to review it before my card expires at the end of May. I'm going to want the A-Ride a few times in June, so I'd prefer not to have a gap in coverage.
I'm taking naproxen three nights a week. I seem to be able to tolerate that amount, and I sleep much, much better those nights. I wish my body could handle it more frequently. Well, or that I slept better without the extra painkiller. I have to remember to take the stuff 2-3 hours before I go to bed because I need to eat with it and because I take Tylenol right at bedtime every night.
I've experimented a little with food this month, trying to find things I can prepare even with my limitations. Nothing has worked quite right, and at the moment, I'm not remembering details (I should have written about them here, but...).
Sadly, when there are dishes in the sink, I'm stuck because the dishes are Cordelia's job. Of course, they're Cordelia's job because we're afraid that I'll end up with shattered glass all over the floor if I do them.
The lighter weight dishes that we've bought to replace the stoneware that I can no longer manage are glass. It's a difficult spot because the intersection of light enough for me to lift, microwave and dishwasher safe, and unlikely to break if I drop it is... kind of tiny. I'm sure something must exist out there, but we haven't found it yet.
I think I need to work on remembering to put on my heavy duty splints before I read paper books. I have less pain after reading when I do that. I've got about a dozen hardcovers from the library that I've been putting off because of weight. Four of them have waitlists and can't be renewed, and one of those is due next Saturday. All of the ones with waitlists are by authors I know I'll enjoy, so I'd prefer not to wait six months to a year.
The heavy splints also help with pain from typing but are not compatible with touch typing on a laptop. Anything that involves stretching an index finger or that using the space bar ends up clicking the trackpad and/or pushing fn, control, option, or command (possibly all four at once) which gives me new and exciting typos, deletes characters, reverses the order of characters I've already typed, etc.
Hunt and peck typing takes 10x as long as touch typing.
After my walk to the eye exam at the beginning of the month, my legs took several days to recover and didn't really start to feel better until Scott spent some time massaging them. They only needed between five and ten minutes each, but neither of us expected it to help, so we hadn't prioritized it. Next time, I'll remember.
During the last few days, I've figured out that I can help the pain in my right shoulder by lying on that side for a while. It's not great from a reflux point of view (which is why I don't normally do it), but I only need to manage it for a few minutes every night to get some relief.
I have finished my A-Ride renewal paperwork. I need to hand it over to my doctor, but she's unavailable all of this coming week. I need to get it to the AAATA office by mid-April so as to have six weeks for them to review it before my card expires at the end of May. I'm going to want the A-Ride a few times in June, so I'd prefer not to have a gap in coverage.
I'm taking naproxen three nights a week. I seem to be able to tolerate that amount, and I sleep much, much better those nights. I wish my body could handle it more frequently. Well, or that I slept better without the extra painkiller. I have to remember to take the stuff 2-3 hours before I go to bed because I need to eat with it and because I take Tylenol right at bedtime every night.
I've experimented a little with food this month, trying to find things I can prepare even with my limitations. Nothing has worked quite right, and at the moment, I'm not remembering details (I should have written about them here, but...).
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Date: 2021-03-30 11:38 am (UTC)With the dinnerware, I can't tell whether the lightweight dishes you are talking about are Corelle? Because that is the best compromise I've found between light and robust. It is glass, and when it shatters it does so emphatically, but I'm pretty sure my parents have had the same set since my siblings were infants.
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Date: 2021-03-30 09:26 pm (UTC)I kind of really need to use plastic dishes because of the dropping things, but I also use the microwave a lot and can't avoid it due to other physical issues.
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Date: 2021-03-31 12:15 pm (UTC)I sympathise with dropping things. I am also dropping things a lot at the moment, but I've been lucky to have not broken anything recently - I've poor grip strength and muscle spasms.
We have some microwave safe tupperware, but I have no idea whether they still make those ones.