Cooking Tips

Funny how having this condition makes you improvise lol.

Just for the recorď, there are loads of gadgets on the market. Just try any disability store. Many have actually become mainstream eg my electric can opener ànd electric jar opener. Kitchen tools with thick handles help. My goto ones are named after stock cubes. (Think about it.)

I buy lightweight kettles with a side handle as top handles are just pain-making machines. There are also kettle tippers, if you want. All sorts of stuff.

But, @Woofy , you have reminded me of an early appointment with my first rheumatologist at a big teaching hospital. He, and several students, sat behind his desk. He was telling them how often it's the very basic tasks that defeat people with arthritis. He put a coin on his desk and asked me to pick it ip. I just didn't think. I did what, to me, was the obvious thing. I useď my right forefinger to push it to the edgè of the desk then drop it into my cupped left hand. He roared with laughter. "And that's thè other thing you need to know. People with arthritis are very resourceful."

@frogmorton , yes, I'm a titch. And shrinking😆 And these days, it's not just thè high shelves but the low ones too. However, i did have my deep, thin kitchen cupboards converted so that, instead of shelves I have easily pulled out drawers. So now I can reach everything in them.

I shall be looking at those stock cube brands asap. Ta muchly S W

Hi @lindalegs

One of those silly thing that pops up in your social media feed from Amazon (other sites are available) was called a brieftons quick push food chopper that looks asy to use. When my hands are bad I push down with forearm instead and I think you could do that with this

Love n hugs

Trish xx