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Success stories: Reverse shoulder replacement surgery
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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
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@kilh, sorry I wasn't much help, sounds like you have already done what you could to make things easier on yourself. One other possible suggestion. On one of my gardening message boards, a lady that was confined to a wheelchair had a lowered area of the counter where she used a portable counter top burner to do her canning on. The good heavy duty ones like the Waring Professional Extra Burner will probably run about $170. Reports are that it works well with the smaller canners, but if you have a larger sized pressure canner it takes too long time to come up to pressure. I really have not looked into them much, maybe there are heavier duty models than that.
At a week out from my TSR, I'm still feeling very little pain, I'm wearing my immobilizer, but leave my wrist unhooked for much of the time. Just keeping the elbow lock on keeps me from flinging my arm around. I chopped onions and peppers for chili last night by keeping my wrist locked and moving my torso back and forth, kind of clumsy and messy but got the job done. And still easier than trying to use my left hand. Next appointment is next week Friday when I get the stitches or staples removed.