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Success stories: Reverse shoulder replacement surgery
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@kilh - could you add a short and stable rubberized foot stool by your stove to step up onto when you need to load/unload the canner? I know it's one extra thing to stumble over, but if it helps create a lower shoulder angle for lifting, it might be worth a try. You'd have to batch the lifting because you wouldn't want to be hopping up and down for each jar.
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@ddsack thanks for the reply but I am already standing on a short rubberized footstool. I have been for years just to get my dishes put away in the cupboard. Over the last 8 years, I have shrunk to 5'3" from 5'5". My biggest problem is when we redid the old farmhouse the cabinet builder has my range hood only 23" from my stovetop. which should be 30". So I am limited to space to lift jars out of the canner and away from the hood. to set on the counter to cool. I do not know if my pressure canner will fit on the stove. So gripping hard to get the jars out I am stressing my muscles. Even putting away dishes I have to put up one at a time because my hands will not hold more than one or I will drop them. So with my left shoulder (RSR) and the right shoulder torn I do not lift much. So we got rid of all my sheep and no chores of lifting feed buckets or hay bales. I piece things into small amounts. Let me know how you progress over time. Stay healthy. KLH