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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 22, 2024 0:13:29 GMT -5
I’m disabled, specifically with cerebral palsy. I cannot open my orange juice, which is the crux of this post. I even tried my method of wrapping the bits of my hand that hurts when I open water bottles and that didn’t work. (And by bits of the hand, where the thumb and index finger connects hurts horribly when I try and open certain items.)
All I have at my disposal is just metal forks, spoons, and scissors. Along with limited hand-eye coordination, so while stabbing the orange juice has come to mind. I’m liable to more injure myself than open the orange juice.
(Surprisingly I was able to open my milk which I typically am not able to do…)
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Post by Leapkit on Mar 22, 2024 0:25:27 GMT -5
Is it a twist lid or a pull tab?
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Post by Leapkit on Mar 22, 2024 0:28:25 GMT -5
My thought is if you can just hold it firmly in place enough you might be able to just use your teeth
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Mar 22, 2024 0:37:33 GMT -5
Oh hey, it's nice to see someone else on here with cerebral palsy. Somehow my family didn't know I had it until I was like sixteen or so and have never received treatment for it. Granted, mine is apparently mild, but still, would've been nice to know much sooner. Anyway, orange juice. It doesn't happen to me often, but I totally get this, as well as trying to open other things that should normally be easy. It even happens when I try to open the door to my apartment sometimes.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Mar 22, 2024 8:24:26 GMT -5
Same thing happened with me last night with a jar of better than bouillon. I don’t have CP, the jar was just freaking impossible to open. I tried so hard that my hands and arms hurt from the exertion.
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Post by mintleaf2 on Mar 22, 2024 11:47:34 GMT -5
This normally works for me with jars so not sure if it’ll help with this lid. But try turning it upside down, pointed out at a 45 degree angle (lid facing away from you) and give it a good few solid thwaps on the bottom of the container. I don’t understand the science, I think it’s something with the air pressure inside but it’s worked for me before with like pickles.
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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 22, 2024 13:31:22 GMT -5
Is it a twist lid or a pull tab? Both! And I’d rather not hurt or injure my teeth.
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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 22, 2024 13:33:45 GMT -5
Oh hey, it's nice to see someone else on here with cerebral palsy. Somehow my family didn't know I had it until I was like sixteen or so and have never received treatment for it. Granted, mine is apparently mild, but still, would've been nice to know much sooner. Anyway, orange juice. It doesn't happen to me often, but I totally get this, as well as trying to open other things that should normally be easy. It even happens when I try to open the door to my apartment sometimes. Awesome to see someone else with my disability! (Would use our medical acronym but the internet’s kinda ruined that.) I’ve been diagnosed since I was born but my more annoying struggles are not too apparent. (Locking certain types of doors are hard along with opening items. Cooking anything that’s not microwaveable and basic cutting of food are also hard things for me to do.)
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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 22, 2024 13:34:33 GMT -5
Same thing happened with me last night with a jar of better than bouillon. I don’t have CP, the jar was just freaking impossible to open. I tried so hard that my hands and arms hurt from the exertion. Nice to see the use of the medical acronym for once! I’ve also had such issues with peanut butter but sometimes the jars are nice.
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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 22, 2024 13:35:35 GMT -5
This normally works for me with jars so not sure if it’ll help with this lid. But try turning it upside down, pointed out at a 45 degree angle (lid facing away from you) and give it a good few solid thwaps on the bottom of the container. I don’t understand the science, I think it’s something with the air pressure inside but it’s worked for me before with like pickles. Ooooooh! This I haven’t tried yet, so I’ll go see if it works. (I bought this orange juice so I wouldn’t get into my soda so quickly... Not helped by the fact I can’t open it.)
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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 22, 2024 13:38:48 GMT -5
The science failed me. All I got was my hand hurting and some air bubbles from the unopened orange juice.
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Mar 22, 2024 13:44:15 GMT -5
Oh hey, it's nice to see someone else on here with cerebral palsy. Somehow my family didn't know I had it until I was like sixteen or so and have never received treatment for it. Granted, mine is apparently mild, but still, would've been nice to know much sooner. Anyway, orange juice. It doesn't happen to me often, but I totally get this, as well as trying to open other things that should normally be easy. It even happens when I try to open the door to my apartment sometimes. Awesome to see someone else with my disability! (Would use our medical acronym but the internet’s kinda ruined that.) I’ve been diagnosed since I was born but my more annoying struggles are not too apparent. (Locking certain types of doors are hard along with opening items. Cooking anything that’s not microwaveable and basic cutting of food are also hard things for me to do.) Somehow it literally took until this post for me to realize that maybe that's why I'm afraid of cooking non-microwaveables and holding knives (and also just anxiety in general).
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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 22, 2024 14:19:28 GMT -5
Awesome to see someone else with my disability! (Would use our medical acronym but the internet’s kinda ruined that.) I’ve been diagnosed since I was born but my more annoying struggles are not too apparent. (Locking certain types of doors are hard along with opening items. Cooking anything that’s not microwaveable and basic cutting of food are also hard things for me to do.) Somehow it literally took until this post for me to realize that maybe that's why I'm afraid of cooking non-microwaveables and holding knives (and also just anxiety in general). Cutting food takes forever. I think I’ve had someone describe my cutting as like I’m trying to saw the food, which was an interesting descriptor. I will also never understand the mysteries of how people can just cut food with forks alone. (Not to mention cooking requires a bit too much Dexterity and strength required to move heavy items all without burning myself.) Reminded suddenly of how I carried too many clip boards and they just fell unceremoniously out of my hands after wobbling a bit when the weight was proving to be too much.
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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 23, 2024 1:06:51 GMT -5
SUCCESS! My thumb hurts a lot now though…
To offer an explanation: I used the scissors that I have and just cut through the seal(?) of the cap itself. It took multiple attempts to the point my thumb greatly hates me right now. Just cut through the seal until the scissors slide off from the cap as it can’t really cut anything, rinse and repeat until it’s loose enough for me to actually open it.
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Post by ☆*:.。. Rain .。.:*☆ on Mar 26, 2024 21:33:14 GMT -5
I’m disabled, specifically with cerebral palsy. I cannot open my orange juice, which is the crux of this post. I even tried my method of wrapping the bits of my hand that hurts when I open water bottles and that didn’t work. (And by bits of the hand, where the thumb and index finger connects hurts horribly when I try and open certain items.) All I have at my disposal is just metal forks, spoons, and scissors. Along with limited hand-eye coordination, so while [redacted]ing the orange juice has come to mind. I’m liable to more injure myself than open the orange juice. (Surprisingly I was able to open my milk which I typically am not able to do…) Sorry im not sure what to do, and I’m sure you get asked this a lot, but what’s it like living with CP? I have two (diagnosed) disorders but neither are physical. (ADHD + Autism) welll 3 things, + C-PTSD but still.
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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 27, 2024 11:09:45 GMT -5
I’m disabled, specifically with cerebral palsy. I cannot open my orange juice, which is the crux of this post. I even tried my method of wrapping the bits of my hand that hurts when I open water bottles and that didn’t work. (And by bits of the hand, where the thumb and index finger connects hurts horribly when I try and open certain items.) All I have at my disposal is just metal forks, spoons, and scissors. Along with limited hand-eye coordination, so while stabbing the orange juice has come to mind. I’m liable to more injure myself than open the orange juice. (Surprisingly I was able to open my milk which I typically am not able to do…) Sorry im not sure what to do, and I’m sure you get asked this a lot, but what’s it like living with CP? I have two (diagnosed) disorders but neither are physical. (ADHD + Autism) welll 3 things, + C-PTSD but still. My CP isn’t that debilitating physically, compared to the more common portrayals. A lot of my issues are situational, such as cutting food. It’s difficult and takes too long. Something like steak is especially hard as I’m not good at cutting through the fat and I have to make the decision to choke down a piece I’ve cut that’s too big for me or risk letting it get cold due to how long it takes. (Frequent rests are needed since using fork and knife leaves an indentation in one of my fingers which causes pain.) Going down stairs is difficult and I’ve found myself taking the elevator more often. I used to be decent at walking down the stairs but some really old stairs just made me too anxious to walk down. Railings are super important and I hate it when the railing ends and there’s still a few more steps to go. To circumvent this, I either move my hand along the wall if possible to keep my balance or I make like I’m holding an invisible railing with a free hand. Ironically, I’m perfectly fine with walking up and down hills but that might be more to the fact my household has various inclines if I were to walk around the back of the house.
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Post by ☆*:.。. Rain .。.:*☆ on Mar 27, 2024 13:11:02 GMT -5
Sorry im not sure what to do, and I’m sure you get asked this a lot, but what’s it like living with CP? I have two (diagnosed) disorders but neither are physical. (ADHD + Autism) welll 3 things, + C-PTSD but still. My CP isn’t that debilitating physically, compared to the more common portrayals. A lot of my issues are situational, such as cutting food. It’s difficult and takes too long. Something like steak is especially hard as I’m not good at cutting through the fat and I have to make the decision to choke down a piece I’ve cut that’s too big for me or risk letting it get cold due to how long it takes. (Frequent rests are needed since using fork and - leaves an indentation in one of my fingers which causes pain.) Going down stairs is difficult and I’ve found myself taking the elevator more often. I used to be decent at walking down the stairs but some really old stairs just made me too anxious to walk down. Railings are super important and I hate it when the railing ends and there’s still a few more steps to go. To circumvent this, I either move my hand along the wall if possible to keep my balance or I make like I’m holding an invisible railing with a free hand. Ironically, I’m perfectly fine with walking up and down hills but that might be more to the fact my household has various inclines if I were to walk around the back of the house. Oh that’s too bad. I’m sorry you struggle with that stuff, it’s probably really difficult. Until now, I’ve only really been educated about the ‘more common’ and ‘severe’ versions of CP, and only from books and stuff. Thank you for letting me know how you experience it! That helped me understand it a lot better. (lol I sound like an AI)
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Post by Katanaheart on Mar 30, 2024 23:31:06 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this will be helpful, but there are little rubber mats that grip the top and act as extra torque to the opening. I’ve heard of them! But I don’t know where I could acquire them.
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