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Scream58Senior Contributor
I decided to make a chocolate creation for Easter but dropped it as I assembled it and it shattered into multiple pieces. I guess my arthritic hands are past doing fiddly crafts.
Tears happened.
My dexterity has left the building.
Here's what I was making. This one is I made years ago.
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StuFSenior Contributor
Sorry to hear of the demise of your chocolate creation @Scream58
The old one certainly looks amazing!
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Scream58Senior Contributor
@StuF after weeks of struggling with fatigue today was the first time I actually felt like doing things. Maybe that was a bit ambitious. I've made hundreds of chocolate creations over the years. It didn't occur to me that my body is fighting me these days.
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AussieRechargerSenior Contributor
One mistake does not mean you should stop @Scream58 .. Are you going to try again?
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Scream58Senior Contributor
@AussieRecharger I'll try something a bit less ambitious. Maybe work my way back to the more technical stuff.
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grayhornSenior Contributor
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Scream58Senior Contributor
@grayhorn I was diagnosed with Osteoarthritis in Oct last year. It mainly affects my hands and lower legs (knees & feet). I have always been an "I can do anything" person. Less than 2 years ago I was able to build my own furniture from scratch, not flatpack. Now the combination of fatigue from a recent stroke and arthritis mean I struggle with simple tasks.
I will probably do a decorated cake instead. I have done a couple of cakes in the last couple of months.
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grayhornSenior Contributor
@Scream58
I totally empathise with the way health issues such as OA and strokes force us to live differently whether we like it or not. How fabulous to have made your own furniture. I was never as good at baking or woodwork as I would have liked, but I so enjoyed walking - down country roads or city streets and musing on the gardens and the sky. Re-engaging meaningfully just emphasises the need for strategies, and asking for help (which I loathe and must learn to at least tolerate!). Now I use a walking stick or lately with flareups, a wheelie walker, which my 4 year old grandson calls my stroller. I too struggle with simple tasks, and have had to strengthen my patience virtue which I have always found rather challenging.
I bet your cakes taste good.
All the very best
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