Comments on: Hands http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 08:25:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-26027 Grannymar Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:14:50 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-26027 Kate - I am stubborn and try to keep going doing the jobs I always did, but like you at a slower pace. Time is something I have plenty of and since I live alone there is no problem if a task is left unfinished until the next day. Kate - I am stubborn and try to keep going doing the jobs I always did, but like you at a slower pace. Time is something I have plenty of and since I live alone there is no problem if a task is left unfinished until the next day.

]]> By: Kate http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-26024 Kate Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:05:50 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-26024 That was lovely - how well I remember those things - the hand beating of cake mix, the Beatles music..... you are so right, hands are precious... I became disabled in both of my hands some years ago and although I cannot hold things for long - it doesn't stop me trying.... decorating, cooking, ironing - it just takes longer!!! That was lovely - how well I remember those things - the hand beating of cake mix, the Beatles music….. you are so right, hands are precious… I became disabled in both of my hands some years ago and although I cannot hold things for long - it doesn’t stop me trying…. decorating, cooking, ironing - it just takes longer!!!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-25976 Grannymar Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:41:19 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-25976 Rhyleysgranny - I am glad to jog your memory to the past. The problem with my hands is due more to circulation than arthritis. The joints are not distorted, in fact mine look more like 'Hands of the Apostle' by Durer, the focus of Magpie11's post on this subject. The bend is worse in winter and I have less grip. Gloves are essential for me. Rhyleysgranny - I am glad to jog your memory to the past. The problem with my hands is due more to circulation than arthritis. The joints are not distorted, in fact mine look more like ‘Hands of the Apostle’ by Durer, the focus of Magpie11’s post on this subject. The bend is worse in winter and I have less grip. Gloves are essential for me.

]]> By: Rhyleysgranny http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-25968 Rhyleysgranny Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:57:29 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-25968 Those are Heberden's nodes, caused by little bony outgrowths in the finger joints. More common in women than men and there is a genetic component involved so that is why you see your mother's hands. Goodness I didn't know I remembered all that from my orthopaedic training forty years ago. Do you know I was seeing some of the first hip joint replacement s done? They had a bad time back them. They kept fracturing the femurs during surgery. Of course they have perfected the art over the years lest you panic. I don't think anyone realised then how common a procedure it was to become. My Mother in law has the same affliction as you in her hands, and her hips and knees are affected. My husband has arthritis in his knees. I am fortunate. My mother nor any of her family had arthritis and neither have I. You suffer a lot of pain. As you say the nip in the air will let you know all about it. Those are Heberden’s nodes, caused by little bony outgrowths in the finger joints. More common in women than men and there is a genetic component involved so that is why you see your mother’s hands. Goodness I didn’t know I remembered all that from my orthopaedic training forty years ago. Do you know I was seeing some of the first hip joint replacement s done? They had a bad time back them. They kept fracturing the femurs during surgery. Of course they have perfected the art over the years lest you panic. I don’t think anyone realised then how common a procedure it was to become. My Mother in law has the same affliction as you in her hands, and her hips and knees are affected. My husband has arthritis in his knees. I am fortunate. My mother nor any of her family had arthritis and neither have I. You suffer a lot of pain. As you say the nip in the air will let you know all about it.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-25967 Grannymar Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:11:32 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-25967 My hands, bent fingers and all are just like my mothers. I realise the other day that it was time to get the gloves out again. Autumn has really arrived. My hands, bent fingers and all are just like my mothers. I realise the other day that it was time to get the gloves out again. Autumn has really arrived.

]]> By: Rhyleysgranny http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-25966 Rhyleysgranny Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:54:50 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-25966 A very thought provoking post. I knew nothing about the story behind 'Hands Across the Divide'. Interesting. i shall use that info at a later date:) Your reply to Ursula made me stop in my tracks so to speak. How very very true. Strangely i was talking about hands with my Mother in law this morning before I read your topic. She is 89 now. I was asking her if she ever looked at her hands now and like me wonder who they belong to. I look at my ageing hands and still in my mind are the smooth work free slender fingered hands of youth. It still shocks me when I look at mine. Oh if they could talk of the things they have done. ;) A very thought provoking post. I knew nothing about the story behind ‘Hands Across the Divide’. Interesting. i shall use that info at a later date:)
Your reply to Ursula made me stop in my tracks so to speak. How very very true.

Strangely i was talking about hands with my Mother in law this morning before I read your topic. She is 89 now. I was asking her if she ever looked at her hands now and like me wonder who they belong to. I look at my ageing hands and still in my mind are the smooth work free slender fingered hands of youth. It still shocks me when I look at mine. Oh if they could talk of the things they have done. ;)

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-25956 Grannymar Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:13:38 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-25956 Ursula - Life can always be worse. I have found that staying indoor my problems grow to fill the space. If I go out I am sure to meet someone with problems the size of great boulders, making mine seem like grains of sand. I hope you are well on the way to healing. Ursula - Life can always be worse.

I have found that staying indoor my problems grow to fill the space. If I go out I am sure to meet someone with problems the size of great boulders, making mine seem like grains of sand. I hope you are well on the way to healing.

]]> By: Ursula http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-25955 Ursula Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:42:08 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-25955 Grannymar, thanks for the clip. Is it really any comfort that life could be so much worse? I could cry watching that woman and her baby - involuntarily shedding tears being my current default mode by virtue of the constant pain and my refusal to take painkillers non stop. Some of us are not cut out for certain things. Better to accept one's limitations. HA, now there is a whole new subject to raise on your blog! Can't wait till I am able to kneed that next bread dough again. Thanks for letting me cry on your collective shoulder. U Grannymar, thanks for the clip. Is it really any comfort that life could be so much worse?

I could cry watching that woman and her baby - involuntarily shedding tears being my current default mode by virtue of the constant pain and my refusal to take painkillers non stop.

Some of us are not cut out for certain things. Better to accept one’s limitations. HA, now there is a whole new subject to raise on your blog!

Can’t wait till I am able to kneed that next bread dough again. Thanks for letting me cry on your collective shoulder.

U

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-25954 Grannymar Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:25:28 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-25954 BHB - My hands get very dry too. Sometimes, when I remember I put hand cream on both my hands and my feet at bedtime and wear cotton socks and gloves in bed... Since there is no man about to see or tease me, it is no problem! WWW - I look forward to that poem. Marianna - I set out to find the Hands of the Apostle that Magpie used, but a senior moment or three prevented me from remembering the name Durer. Then I went totally blank for three days! My camera is teaching me about outdoor sculpture. and it makes me walk further to discover what is around the next bend! BHB - My hands get very dry too. Sometimes, when I remember I put hand cream on both my hands and my feet at bedtime and wear cotton socks and gloves in bed… Since there is no man about to see or tease me, it is no problem!

WWW - I look forward to that poem.

Marianna - I set out to find the Hands of the Apostle that Magpie used, but a senior moment or three prevented me from remembering the name Durer. Then I went totally blank for three days! My camera is teaching me about outdoor sculpture. and it makes me walk further to discover what is around the next bend!

]]> By: Ursula http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/04/hands/#comment-25953 Ursula Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:23:43 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=4730#comment-25953 Magpie, thank you so much. Unfortunately nothing as enjoyable or worthwhile of a fall as the barndance suggested by you. Just walked round the corner of our road, feeling so happy at 2 pm on a sunny Sunday afternoon when my left foot gave way and I collapsed like a marionette, a puppet on a string. It is quite remarkable how life can change from one moment to the next, dramatically. I suppose that the largely happy half century I have lived so far has spoilt me, kept feeding my optimism; and I rail at any misfortune. Oh, I don't know, Magpie, one could write a learned essay or just stay still on the sofa to make head and/or tail of life and why I never do things by halves. U Magpie, thank you so much.

Unfortunately nothing as enjoyable or worthwhile of a fall as the barndance suggested by you. Just walked round the corner of our road, feeling so happy at 2 pm on a sunny Sunday afternoon when my left foot gave way and I collapsed like a marionette, a puppet on a string. It is quite remarkable how life can change from one moment to the next, dramatically.

I suppose that the largely happy half century I have lived so far has spoilt me, kept feeding my optimism; and I rail at any misfortune. Oh, I don’t know, Magpie, one could write a learned essay or just stay still on the sofa to make head and/or tail of life and why I never do things by halves.

U

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