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From: Derek.Oldfather@p1.f62.n282.z1.fidonet.org (Derek Oldfather)
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Subject: COPING
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Date: 14 May 91 14:03:20 GMT
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[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference]

 EH> Also interested in info on how she can put on her stocking and
 EH> shoes by herself.  (See above.  In spite of the doctor telling
 EH> her that her leg movement is ok, she still
 EH> can't bend enough to do the above.)

I got myself a long shoe horn and a lobster claw style gripper for
doing the shoes.  But it's three years since my hip replacement and
I still can't put on my own sock on the left leg and it has gotten
harder to do it on the right leg.

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