| brian,i was offered an operation a while back,it involved putting a powerpack in the chest cavity,which had wires leading down your arms to the hands.the idea was to twitch the shoulder,this would open and close the hand,enabling you to pick things up.unfortunately,this was also a long operation and over the years my fingers had curled around,rather like someone with bad arthritis,into a kind of clenched fist.they would have had to snap each finger out straight,i did not fancy any of this really,so declined the operation.i use a normal garden peg,pushed between my 1st and 2nd finger,to smoke a fag or something longer.with this i type as well.my thum on my right hand works though,so i just manage to hook it through the loop on a cup,so i can have a cupper.i am lucky though,i have a wonderful mother and i also have a good son so all in all i am a happy man.yours,lee. |