What Do You Have That Makes Doing Certain Things Easier At Our Age?

Welllll, I got a weird looking multi sized jar lid opener from temu when I used temu. I also got an extra long shoe horn because my leg won't cooperate. Unfortunately, I showed it to hubby and it disappeared. I have a grabber for getting socks from behind the dryer. I don't have a robot vacuum but I do have THREE vacuums--one for upstairs where I never go anymore. One for the main floor and one for the finished basement. I got a really good, non-stick, non forever chemical frying pan which everyone uses and it does not flake stuff off into the food. I have an automatic garage door opener and a dish washer which I would have whether I was old or not
But the one thing I did get to make things easier was a tiny chain saw. I feel like it should have come with a holster. It makes so much so much easier.
 
We live in n "A" Frame house with 2 bedrooms upstairs..
I got a stair lift just after my first hip replacement in 2007 and it has been wonderful.. I had another hip 2 years later and then 2 shoulders replaced.. My wife had an ankle replacement and a knee replacement..
No problems with it at all.. We both use it several times a day up and down..
I also had installed grab bars in the bathtub and bathrooms, both upstairs and downstairs..
Although there are only 2 steps to come into the house from outside, I had a ramp built to void the stairs..
 
Patsy Faye said:
My vote is for Arnica gel in a pump bottle. Noted to calm and get rid of bruises in quick time and yes
it does, but I also discovered it helps calm pain too. I'm always knocking meself now and it bloomin hurts.
Now, I immediately use Arnica and the pains gone so quickly. Its good to use 'cos it sinks right in and no
'orrible smell to put up with.
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I might have to try that, specially if it helps with arthritis. Does it feel greasy after you put it on? (I hate that...) Because I take an NSAID pain reliever named Nabumetone for arthritis, my hands and arms bruise easy and get cut easier. It's quite annoying. But the latest one I have never seen another one like it. I was getting ready to sit in my wheelchair and lost my balance. However, I did not fall this time. I caught myself on my wheelchair. I just smacked my left hand on a wall pretty hard with a hard scrape. The bruise started forming in seconds.

At first it was a typical bruise. But within a half hour had taken on the shape of a mushroom, which I thought was rather amusing because I was listening to The Allman Brothers Band, and one of their logo images is a mushroom. The next morning it looked really weird. The top looked about the same purplish red color, but you could clearly see a light blue bruise under that, sticking on one edge, with an almost round blood blister on the top. I could tell if it popped, it would be messy so I put a big bandage on it, just in case. These things usually don't hurt. I get them from a soft scrape that I don't feel sometimes. But this was a hard slam against a wall, and it really hurts.
 
Axel Slingerland said:
I might have to try that, specially if it helps with arthritis. Does it feel greasy after you put it on? (I hate that...) Because I take an NSAID pain reliever named Nabumetone for arthritis, my hands and arms bruise easy and get cut easier. It's quite annoying. But the latest one I have never seen another one like it. I was getting ready to sit in my wheelchair and lost my balance. However, I did not fall this time. I caught myself on my wheelchair. I just smacked my left hand on a wall pretty hard with a hard scrape. The bruise started forming in seconds.

At first it was a typical bruise. But within a half hour had taken on the shape of a mushroom, which I thought was rather amusing because I was listening to The Allman Brothers Band, and one of their logo images is a mushroom. The next morning it looked really weird. The top looked about the same purplish red color, but you could clearly see a light blue bruise under that, sticking on one edge, with an almost round blood blister on the top. I could tell if it popped, it would be messy so I put a big bandage on it, just in case. These things usually don't hurt. I get them from a soft scrape that I don't feel sometimes. But this was a hard slam against a wall, and it really hurts.
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My wife has osteoarthritis and swears by arnica gel. No greasy feel and it seems to soak right in. It also addresses bruising, and our son who was on a football team used it both for bruising and internally (tablets, not gel) for concussion prevention.
 
Mary Robi said:
My hiking sticks goes with me on all walks. I started using it after I fell three times in two weeks last year and I haven't fallen since.

It's like having three legs.
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Mine too, Jake made me a great walking stick from a tree limb, works great to keep me steady walking on deer tracks that lump up the path.
 
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