Gloves

[Guest guest]

even in summer, when my wrists or fingers flare I wear " arthritis gloves " flesh

colored or black things that don't cover my fingers - for comfort. Then when my

hands are cold, I have found glives really hurt my fingers - the fingers do not

want to be moved around enough to go into the fingers of the gloves, and

sometimes seams on the fingers of the gloves hurt my fingers even more, so I

wear mittens more than gloves. (pre RA I never wore either)

I am also finding socks are a problem, (my feet are big, so I search extra large

socks) - it often hurts my fingers to struggle with the socks and it also hurts

my toes.

This winter I found soft stretchy chenille gloves and socks and have been

wearing them- they do not seem to be as difficult to put on, and they feel warm,

to me. Last winter I tried many different pairs of those gloves that have no

tips, with a flap that converts them to mittens? but those felt tight on the

fingers and cold air came thru the mitten flap.

My vote is soft stretchy chenille mittens.

- In , " Vikki Wingfield " <VWAvon@c...> wrote:

> With all this cold, cold weather... Does anyone know what kind of gloves are

best? They all say they are warm, but few really are. Any ideas?

>

> Vikki

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Vikki,

My vote for hand warmth is definitely MITTENS. They allow air to

circulate, and you can wiggle your fingers around inside them. I

have some " Thinsulate " ones that are quite warm, plus some fleece

ones. I couldn't find fleece mittens with a non-skid palm, so I

sewed some on my fleece ones for driving.

As for socks, I have some of the really soft chenille ones. They are

expensive, but well worth it. I also found some double-walled socks

last year, but I can't remember where I got them--maybe Wal-Mart?

They're warm, but then I have to wear bigger shoes! I also wear

socks to bed at night and have found that I sleep better (I put some

moisturizing cream on my feet first--double benefit!)

Sending warm thoughts your way from cold, snowy Indiana,

Judi

[Guest guest]

vikki... i would get some out of cabela's because they have the wind block and

thinsulate... very warm..

rae

[ ] Gloves

With all this cold, cold weather... Does anyone know what kind of gloves are

best? They all say they are warm, but few really are. Any ideas?

Vikki

[Guest guest]

Regular gloves used will not stop or prevent a dirty needle stick or puncture wound from any contaminated sharps. Many in the medical profession do take unnecessary risks of handling bare handed pt's bodily fluids, blood or blood products and spills.

For the pt's safety all medical staff should wash their hands when entering a pt's room or before coming in contact with them and also when leaving with new gloves used for each pt.

That isn't done either and especially for newly post transplant or pt's in a high risk from chronic illness with lowered immune systems who easily contract infections which can be very serious.

Speak Up People !!!!!!!!!!

It's your life at risk too and for others.

When I was on the transplant unit after my surgery I stopped everyone that didn't use fresh gloves or wash their hands, Dr's included before they touched me.

They had a tough time on me after awhile getting new sticks, draws or working on me would get frustrated and rip off a gloved finger and thumb to feel, stick and work on me bare handed.

I drove me nuts cause I was worried for them with all the complication I had and fluids flowing and flying in and out and with bleeds.

One of my nurses was also pregnant and didn't care. She told me I was bloodaphobic and worried to much.

Me worry to much nawwwwwwww.

Deb

[Guest guest]

Dave, I have not checked the men's department but certainly the ladies had

something to offer me at Wal-Mart. I learned about these gloves from a

wonderful scleroderma friend who wears them all the time. These are little

cotton/wool gloves which are simply cloth like and I cut the fingers out and

then

proceed on with my life. In the early times of my symptoms, I wore them

constantly (even at night) and their cost was $1.98 for two pair. That cheap,

I

could buy as many as I wanted and cut those fingers out and proceed on to work

and type at the computer or cook or drive, grocery shop in those always too

cold grocery stores, etc. I stock up even now that it is only on rare

occasions that I need them. This was one of the most important lessons for me.

Having my hands warm - what most would consider too warm - makes all the

difference in the world. Best of luck shopping,

[Guest guest]

Be mindful that screening may be made of aluminum or plastic.

Gloves

The stainless gloves are a good idea except that the cost appears to

be very high for them depending on the model and source of the gloves.

In light of the cost might it be possible to bond (with hot melt glue)

some screening to either rubber or cloth gloves and cut the screening

to fit the palm and fingers where desired (one piece--shape as

desired). You could even clip on to the screening with a clip lead if

you leave a tab on the screen to do so. And as previously suggested,

drawing cloth fingers over the electrodes on the outside of the gloves

would be a good idea.

Any comments or improvements on the idea?

[Guest guest]

They're just twisted together, I just made a note in the photos to

that effect. You could solder them, also, or use wire nuts (hardware

store has these). Just twisting shoudl work fine.

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wire

> leading to the battery? tia pj

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[Guest guest]

I know you've talked about gloves which help the pain in your hands. I went

to a health care store today and the gloves they had were compression

gloves and were made for sewing, etc. They're not exactly what I pictured. They

were almost $30.

I sort of thought you were talking about a thin glove that would warm my

hand because the cold is what seems to make it worse.

If you tell me the compression glove is right, I'll buy it.

dd

[Guest guest]

I wear compression gloves since i type and write all day. Vermont Country Store

has a pair that I am going to save up for. I have the cheapie walmart version

but they help. I have raynaud's also so I wear leather gloves with thinsulate

lining in the winter b/c if my hands get cold it takes forever to warm up and

they hurt SO bad.

>

> I know you've talked about gloves which help the pain in your hands. I went

> to a health care store today and the gloves they had were compression

> gloves and were made for sewing, etc. They're not exactly what I pictured.

They

> were almost $30.

>

> I sort of thought you were talking about a thin glove that would warm my

> hand because the cold is what seems to make it worse.

>

> If you tell me the compression glove is right, I'll buy it.

>

> dd

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>

[Guest guest]

>

> I wear compression gloves since i type and write all day. Vermont Country

Store has a pair that I am going to save up for. I have the cheapie walmart

version but they help. I have raynaud's also so I wear leather gloves with

thinsulate lining in the winter b/c if my hands get cold it takes forever to

warm up and they hurt SO bad.

Last winter I started wearing a pair of thin thinsulate gloves that I cut the

finger tips out of and they are a huge help. I work on a computer all day and it

was almost impossible for me to type. But these gloves keep my fingers toasty

warm and make it much easier to use my hands. I saw some gloves that you could

plug into the usb port on your computer and they heat up, but I think I will

save those for more desperate times

J