i use the same clippers as ed wilson uses but i call them wire cutters---after i shower i soak my feet and then i file them down with a bastard file--then comes the hand lotion
My hubby had problems as his toenails grew to be like piano keys! I finally got him a rotary file they use for dog nails. A dremmel tool. It seems to work for him.
I do every day. The first one is getting out of bed @ 6 AM with very stiff and unstable legs. It takes a good ten minutes of walking with my walker to the kitchenette to make a cup of coffee with the Keurig. Stiff fingers and hands make this a challenge. As the day moves forward there are challenges made even more difficult due to COVID 19.
@Lon Tanner Got it, hate it, and wonder every day how long I will care to tolerate it. Feel we need another Dr. Kevorkian for help. Frank
I have no trouble getting out of bed in the morning, Lon, but I'm not as old as you are, with the medical conditions you have. However, every morning, before breakfast, I have to take a 800mg ibuprofen, sometimes along with a 50mg Tramadol, for shoulder pain. Both are prescriptions from my VA doctor. Osteoarthritis set into both shoulders after having rotator cuff surgery in each. Anyway, after this "virus" things simmers down, and I can see either my VA doctor or a Medicare doctor, I'm going to try a cortisone shot in my left shoulder to calm the pain I get there.
The challenge I have ever day is dealing with the sadness and frustration I see with people who have medical problems that I know the cure for suffer because they will only listen to their doctors and will not try alternatives.
With all due respect, Martin, if you don't like doctors, or their recommendations, that's entirely up to you. But, there are those of us that do rely on what our PCP's tell us and the medications they recommend and/or prescribe. I don't want to be taking Ibuprofen, Tramadol, CBD Deep Rub and/or CBD Oil for the rest of my life, but......... And, even though the winters here in northern Colorado can be/are snowy and pretty cold, which definitely affects my osteoarthritis in both shoulders, we absolutely love Colorado.............so, will have to deal with the pain with medications.
Doctors have their place in our health and I have good friends who are doctors. All I get upset about is people suffering needlessly because of lack of knowledge. For example a motocancho just brought by dog food from the store. He was suffering from a headache I told him I could help and in one minuet time he had no headache he looked at me and said are you a witch I laugh and told him how to do it.
I learned from a chiropractor for sinus headache if you take one hand on the back of the head and one hand on the forehead and press together the pain will disappear which I did this is not a cure but a relief of pain which is what most drugs do. I told him what to do to help the sinus at home. also he could do that for himself.
Well Alonzo, I have had morning stiffness since the shingles almost killed me. The loss of one vestibular nerve offers even more challenges. I can get up rather quickly but it is with pain. It takes a bit to get my hands working. My eyes are always clogged up and require several applications of a hot wet rag to get them cleared. I then run my hands under tap hot water and dry them off doing a massage on them. I then go out on my patio (except when it is below zero) barefoot in sports top and leggings and do my signature brand of Tai Chi. The ladies in my online fitness group have labeled it Fae She. It is slow-moving stretching with martial arts style poses. I breathe deeply and then come inside (if it is cold) to do my 45-minute workout based on pilates and yoga. I have regained a lot of balance doing this. Some doctors didn't think it possible. I still play guitar most days but avoid doing any repetitive work in my little shop. I have tunnel syndrome in my ankles, elbows, and wrist. I refused surgery years ago and just stopped doing aggravating things. I could still work with steroid shots every 6 months, but that led to serious cataracts and glaucoma. Anyway, I am on my feet Lon at age 70, and dealing with the increasing morning stiffness best I can. Staying fit, good diet, long walks, and my vitamin regimen is keeping me physically and mentally active and still a trouble maker hahaha!
Move to Oregon Frank. You can choose to die with dignity when life gets too unbearable. I would hope you could find a way to relieve some of your pain and not use the option, but I wouldn't discourage anyone suffering horribly from doing it. If you chose such, I would however shed some tears.