Pami update

WTG Pami! (Cheering you on from the southern regions of the globe)

((((HUGS)))) and hopes for rapid improvement with the coming of the new year!!

Pami and I were sharing the agony of opening things these days and we thought some of you had solved the problems. How do you get a jar lid off when it has seemed to permanently attach itself? and has anyone found a way to get one of those @#$! pull-tab lids off the cat food without cutting your nose off or wearing a splat of fishy vittles? Polly

There are ring pull tools that lift and pull those pesky rings for you, you know. And when I have a jar I can't open I have been known to resort to jamming the lid in a door and twisting the jar. (Hey, it works for me!)

I'm with both of you. I find opening 'things' extremely difficult now. Ring pulls on cans of fruit (or soup) almost defeat me - or cover me in garish fruit juice colours. The there's the pull around plastic strips

- well, I need pliers for them. I have to use a bottle/jar opener now on everything (one of those that you put around the top and hang on and try to twist at the same time. Ugh! And all because some morons decided it was fun to put ground glass etc inside jars of stuff. Double

*ugh*. Keep trying to build up your muscle Pami - seems like we're all going to need stronger biceps in the future! Take care. . In message , Polly Esther writes

Thanks for the info. I'll look around for the ring-pull-puller! I always used to used the door jamb for jar opening, too; nowadays, though, the wood they use for building is so soft that it is useless. Our house is only ten years old, so the door frame is just made of soft pine - little better than balsa wood. . In message , CATS writes

Sorry you are having so much trouble but keep focused on the end result and that will help you get thru this stage. Sending hugs and prayers.

(((Hugs))) Seems like there ought to be some kind of clamp -hardware store?- that would attach to the kitchen counter and hold jars and cans so you could attack the lids with 2 hands. (One advantage of a retired husband who's around most of the time -and he's voice-operated :-) Roberta in D

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My DDad's arthritis is severe, so lids are a real problem. He bought these for Christmas gifts as well as one for himself. They work for those pesky twist lids. Maybe it's time to adopt a new kitchen appliance? Why be frustrated when there's an easy solution? You have enough on your plate in the uphill climb to getting well without fighting with cans and jars!! (and I for one am glad that cookies come in bags that can easily be defeated by scissors-or better yet, fresh out of the oven! ;)

chipper

Howdy!

Good to hear from you, Pami. Hang in there, keep up the p.t. and you'll get stronger so you can go on some stash raids w/ Butterfly's Bandits.

Opening jars like pickle & olive & jelly jars (not the close-cap ones that fit like a canning jar lid): insert the pointy tip of the bottle opener/can piercer under the edge of the lid, carefully so as not to grind against the glass, nudge the cap and you'll hear the air release which means the lid is open.

--funny price;mine cost a quarter; the "fancy" one I've had for 35 yrs has a magnet onthe back, it cost me 79 cents! After all this effort go sit down and quilt for a little while to cool off.

Ragmop/Sandy

Yes! - but I'm too proud to ask >g< . In message , Roberta Zollner writes

I have a wonderful gadget for jar opening (came from John Lewis but have seen them elsewhere). It is a handle about 9" long with a rubber strap at on end. You pass the strap round the lid and back through the handle, it grips and the handle exerts a sort of lever pressure. Difficult to explain but it works every time, even on a small bottle.

Found a picture of a similar one

mine was cheaper. Also found one at Lakeland same idea but slightly more complicated

I wonder if they mean it's unique because of the stamps on it...

I still think it would be a pain (literally) for Pami to open cans even with that tool. If it were me, I'd find a young, hunky neighbor guy and get him to open the cans. Eye candy always promotes healing. ;-)

Rubber gloves - the kind made for protecting hands when doing dishes or what not....I use them all the time to open jars that are brand new....keeps me from having to ask DH for help.

Larisa

It sounds like you have made a lot of progress. There ought to be some physical therapy to strengthen that chest muscle over time. Have fun at the Barry Mailow concert. It should be great!

Just reading your replies and I like having the one about having a hunk neighbor...sorry wrong neighborhood....hehehe I also have one of those old beer can openers. Physical therapy or circuit training in the gym might be needed after I am all done. My upper body strength is not shot but weaker than before mastectomy and then I went into reconstruction. We will enjoy our Barry Manilow concert. All time favorite is Mandy...came out the year I graduated high school. Pami

I have an OXO smooth edge can opener like this:

It lifts the top off a can rather than cutting it. I have found that it works well on those ring-pull cans of pineapple and pie filling, though I haven't tried it on cat food. I don't even bother with the ring, just use the can opener. No sharp edges that way either.

Julia > Pami and I were sharing the agony of opening things these days and we

This Pampered Chef opener works well too. It can be used for lifting the rings on a soda can so you can grab them or for soda bottles. It also has a little "hook" thing to get under the edge of lids like on pickle jars to break the vacuum seal. NAYY (though my daughter sold the stuff once upon a time)

Julia > Howdy!

Howdy!

Duh! I bow to your greater wisdom.

Ragmop/Sandy-- 2 guys from the oil/gas well company were canvassing the 'hood this morning; I thought of asking them to help take down the garland wired around the front porch... "No, I don't want your ugly, nasty, noisy gas well in my neighborhood, but while you're here there is something you could do..." ;->