Funny. My left hand has about 10% normal use - I can grab and open part way - wrist flex is so-so, surprising how little function can fool most people. My right hand will sort of grab if I force something into it - tiny wrist flex ability - mostly a paw. I do nearly everything with my left hand and keep right one down. A gal at work that I had lunch with for at least 15 years once asked what I was doing when I put my semi-open left hand up to my flexed right paw when she asked me to clap. She really had no clue. Pretty amazing. What could I ever expect them to know about digesting, and eliminating. Ignorance is bliss. I also had a 30 year experienced nurse put her knee in my back in my manual chair to push me down a rounded curb where my footrests had dug in. I grabbed fast enough to stay in - barely. AZDAVE In a message dated 4/27/2010 1:33:52 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Just remembered one of the most common annoyances of all! One of the first things I noticed that able-bodied people do all the time amongst themselves that doesn't work with C5 quads too well, is handing you something. Sometime they don't even get close, assuming you can lean-forward to reach it. Sometimes I'll "grab" between my two paws, but most times I'll ask them to put it down on my lap, or on an adjacent surface. Its amazing how many people (friends and family) don't remember, so I have to repeat "Can you put it down here for me?"
