12/10/2024
As you're all aware I'm in plaster since breaking my left arm and elbow last week. I've been having difficulty eating myself so My beautiful wife Terri has been having to feed me. I had an idea the other day so I could feed myself.
So I got my amazing brother-in-law to make my design In the first picture he made me an oversized wooden ping pong bat with a stand and a magnet on the top of the stand. I taped it on to my table and then in the additional pictures you can see :-
Picture 1 you put a fork or spoon in my mouth and scoop or stab food on a spoon or fork.
Then in picture 2 put the spoon or fork with food on it onto the magnet on post.
Then in picture 3 you then rotate the spoon or fork with food round the with your hand or chin so food is pointing towards your mouth.
Then in picture 4 you then can reach to put food into your mouth and eat it. THEN YOU REPEAT STEPS 1 TO 4 AGAIN UNTIL YOUR. FOOD IS FINISHED HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE ELSE IN THE SAME SITUATION I WAS IN. SO YOU CAN FEED YOURSELF AND GIVES YOUR PARTNER OR HELPER OR FAMILY A BREAK BUT MOST IMPORTANT IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROL, CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE BACK TO YOU.
THANKS AGAIN TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE TERRI AND MY AMAZING BROTHER-IN-LAW Chris Dodds FOR HIS HELP MAKING IT FOR ME. πππππππππ