rcharlton
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- Joined
- Jun 20, 2005
- Messages
- 641
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2005
- Country
- CA
- State
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
As a result of a combination of my hands getting progressively weaker - and the beginnings of a middle age spread - lately I've been having a lot of trouble buttoning up my trousers in the morning.
If I don't get the button done on the first try - my hands get progressively weaker with each subsequent try - and I then have to try a number of different approaches, angles and gymnastic maneouvers to get the button done. I've got a button puller - but that does not help. Sometimes I've had to leave the house with my pants unbuttoned.
Today - I was wearing pants I had just washed - so they were especially tight. I was wearing a dress shirt and an undershirt - and I realized that there was no way I was going to be able to button my pants up with these two items tucked in - so I untucked them and, as a result, was able to button my pants - but then I didn't have the strength to tuck in my shirt and undershirt.
I looked around an noticed my long metal shoe horn - so I grabbed that and started shoe horning my shirt and undershit into my pants. Ta Dah! It worked!
I think it's time to buy some pants with an elasticized waist and no buttons
If I don't get the button done on the first try - my hands get progressively weaker with each subsequent try - and I then have to try a number of different approaches, angles and gymnastic maneouvers to get the button done. I've got a button puller - but that does not help. Sometimes I've had to leave the house with my pants unbuttoned.
Today - I was wearing pants I had just washed - so they were especially tight. I was wearing a dress shirt and an undershirt - and I realized that there was no way I was going to be able to button my pants up with these two items tucked in - so I untucked them and, as a result, was able to button my pants - but then I didn't have the strength to tuck in my shirt and undershirt.
I looked around an noticed my long metal shoe horn - so I grabbed that and started shoe horning my shirt and undershit into my pants. Ta Dah! It worked!
I think it's time to buy some pants with an elasticized waist and no buttons
