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From: Shoshona.Bieman@f102.n103.z1.fidonet.org (Shoshona Bieman)
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Subject: COPING
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Date: 14 May 91 14:03:36 GMT
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[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference]

Ed, there is an apparatus available (at surgical supplies or even through
the Sears Catalog for Home Health Care) that resembles a real long shoe
horn. It also has grips that will pull stockings up, etc. It should not be
too expensive - maybe $40 or so tops. As to the Dr., they are just plain
wrong a good share of the time. Of course, a lot of that can be chalked upi
to us lay people not finding the right words to describe the problem! Even
so, pain can be proven - either with thermography or with a dynamic EMG (a
very painful test I once had). Very few doctors know about Dynamic EMG's, so
you might not find a Dr. in your area to do one. I was fortunate - one of
the country's leading pioneers in the field has her practice in this area.
Let me know how things work out for your wife...

    --=[[ Shoshona ]]=--

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