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there ARE electric nail buffers, with different attachments already on the
market. take a look in a large drug store where they carry other stuff
like massagers.
M.
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> [Original Message]
> From: Jonathan Rand <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 11/23/2005 11:54:35 AM
> Subject: Re: My water-retention problem
>
> I was considering making a device. A spinning disk of sandpaper… for
> fingers & toes. Your foot would be held steady, & there’d be a way to
> control how the disk contacts the nail. I’m pretty sure it can be built,
> but I don’t have the money or the help to build this thing.
>
> Please don’t any1 try this “at home” with an electric disk sander, (or a
> CHEEZE GRATER)! :)
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> >From: Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: My water-retention problem
> >Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:09:58 -0800
> >
> >or get a long nail file or emory board and file them down! sandpaper on a
> >long stick might work too! ;->
> >
> >
> >
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> >"What is real but compassion, as we move from birth to death?"
> >~~Greg Brown~~
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Deri James <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: 11/22/2005 6:41:16 PM
> > > Subject: Re: My water-retention problem
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 22 Nov 2005 05:47, Rayna wrote:
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > It seems that I have weird little toes, they both turn under my
feet
> >-
> > > > always have, and I thought that was normal, apparently not - and in
> >the
> > > > last few weeks that has meant that I've essentially been walking on
my
> > > > toenails. That explains the excruciating pain when I walk. May
have
> >to
> > > > go to a podiatrist - the thought makes me physically ill. I cannot
> >bear
> > > > people fiddling with my feet - or even touching them. I've spoken
to
> >a
> > > > few others with CP in the last couple of years who also have this
> > > > difficulty. Does anyone else have problems with this, or have any
> >ideas
> > > > as to the cause - physical or psychological?
> > > >
> > > > Rayna
> > > >
> > >
> > > I hate cutting my toenails. There are two strategies (equally awful):-
> > >
> > > Either cut them regularly, but the scars from cutting bits of toe
> >haven't
> >got
> > > time to heal, or
> > >
> > > Ignore them until you've got to use a pair of scissors like bolt
cutters
> >to
> > > get anywhere with them (always count them afterwards - there should be
> >10!!)
> > >
> > > 50 years of walking on the balls of my feet means that even my bunions
> >have
> > > got bunions now!!
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Deri
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