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BIT CHIN & MO ANING

ES, IT’S TRUE, DUE TO AN arm that you still have) Put
Yinjury in my right arm, pan down, pick up egg
a few months back and the bowl place egg in pan and
slow pace of my HMO, I have put bowl away so you can
been slowly but surely learn- turn on a burner. Oh, and I
ing what it means to have might add, try to injure your
a slight disability. This has nondominant hand, I made
only made me appreciate the mistake of hurting my
the disabled and those poor right hand so I can’t write or
veterans who returned to our eat with my left. So once the
country with a missing limb. egg is done than I attempt
I pray for them and realize to get the food 12 inches
how thankful I am that this from the plate to my bent
Is not a permanent situation. down head and about half
Until you are without the use of the egg lands on my chest
of a body part you do under- or the table. So I must allow
stand, that we were created I Have One Arm twice the amount of time for
with all the parts we have breakfast because half the
for a very specific reason. We time is spent retrieving food
need all of our limbs. By Judith A. Habert off my chest, the table and
Getting dressed for the floor. Did you consider
instance. Have you ever adding a condiment to your
tried putting on a bra with your arm to be positioned your left hand can only go egg? Forget it! Have you ever
one hand, sorry for you behind your back. So there so far when you approach tried uncapping a bottle or
guys reading I am sure you are only two solutions, well from both the front and back jar with one hand? Which
haven’t, but trust me it is im- three actually; have someone of your body to pull up your reminds me, what kind of
possible? You can physically who can help you put on panties. So once again you masochistic pharmacist
get it on, but how the hell your bra, difficult if you live are forced to use your pain believed it was a good idea
do you hook the back. Most alone, as neighbors might ridden arm to shimmy them to put my pain meds In a
women use the spin tech- not react well to the ringing up all the way. childproof bottle? I have to
nique. Put the bra on back- of their bell at 7 am to help Once the undergarments turn it upside down place
ward, which if your husband, you get dressed for work. are conquered, it is now the cap on my knee and turn
boyfriend. Or significant The second choice, don’t moving on to the outer- it with my good hand, which
other ever walked in during wear one, which only works wear. Dresses seem the only undoubtedly then causes all
this process they are either if you are no older than 20 answer as pants require the of the contents of the bottle
scared or jumping for joy as and petite, or what I have monkey arms again. So now to fall on the floor and I have
it appears you have boobs done... buy one two sizes too you are at least appropriately to use my one good hand
on both sides of your body. big hook it before you put it dressed. Probably not for a to pick them up, and con-
Once hooked the next step on and then slide it over your night on the town, but pass- sidering the pain I’m in my
is to spin it around until the head. Not a great solution able if the Amazon delivery thoughtful doctor gave me
cups are where they belong. but one that took me three person comes to the door. 120 painkillers, there goes
Voila, you have accomplished weeks to figure out when the Ok, so the next hur- another wasted 20 minutes
the solo application of the screams from my bathroom, dle, breakfast. After three scouring the floor to be sure
bra. However, depending on mine I might add, were weeks I have mastered the none have missed my sight
your injury (mine is rotator annoying my neighbors and one-handed egg cracking for fear that my little puppy
cuff related meaning that the the pain was no fun either. technique (aside from a few or granddaughter might
spinning to the front step is It isn’t just the top under- shell fragments that found think it is a new piece of
impossible as it causes waves garments that cause prob- their way into my bowl). candy, but I regress. Once
of pain shooting up your lems. The bottom half is just What I have found is every- breakfast is over than it is
entire arm) so eliminating as much of a challenge. It will thing takes twice as long time to clean the dish and
this bra putting on process easily go up the uninjured with one arm. So put down pan, ever try scrubbing a
the next is putting it on fac- leg (in my case the left side) the egg open the closet pan with one hand? Without
ing the correct position and but then what do you do reach for a pan (warning: the second hand to keep the
reaching behind your back about the right side. Unfortu- this is not the best time for pan in one place you end up
to hook it. Nope, once again nately, humans do not have cast iron unless you want chasing it across the counter.
rotator cuff does not allow long monkey length arms so to dislocate the one good Or you can lean it up against

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