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Many of us are aware of some of the SE of the treatments our guys are getting. A few of them are currently affecting my hubby. He can barely speak above a whisper. And he’s losing some motor control of his hands. And of course tiredness. Hopefully this is temporary.

Most of us here probably don’t have a vault filled with gold so we need simple inexpensive fixes that help our guys. And you know that if the items have the words MEDICAL DEVICE it means that they charge us more.

For the voice volume problem we have two options that we use. Since we have two floors in our house, I am often upstairs- FIX- we got a wireless doorbell that uses a battery operated bell button cost about $15-which he keeps with him when he knows I’m going upstairs. The doorbell itself is plugged into an outlet upstairs. The second fix for downstairs is a bit funny but it works well-FIX- cowbell…yeah we have a cowbell. Cost if purchased $10-Got it as a joke from a friend who said “you need more cowbell “. He rings it when he is in need of assistance.

As for the motor skills and tiredness it’s a dual issue. He can’t hold the stylus for long periods of time or he falls asleep. He keep dropping his pad stylus and it sometimes falls to the floor. FIX- sunglasses cord/tether from the Dollar Tree cost $1.50. Push one end of the cord onto the stylus and extend the other side to make a loop to put around the wrist. (See photo above for the type similar to ours)

Have you any suggestions outside of the box for other issues you’ve dealt with?

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Sailing-Todd

Cargo pants! My husband was on crutches for a while after his hip fractured. The numerous large pockets allowed him to carry around everything he needed.

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Bruce66

MORE COWBELL!! Absolutely brilliant 😂

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dockam

Awesome Mouse, keep on adapting/improvising to improve Hubby's QoL -

LoL - "Build a better Mouse Trap" 😁

youtu.be/jF74HKwry3g?si=i1Y...

Fight on QoL on MacGyver On

Randy

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MouseAddams in reply todockam

I knew this clip was coming 🤪. We have the SNL dvd of that episode.

Also I’m known for MacGivering stuff where I have worked in the past. Especially when a replacement part wouldn’t arrive for a few days and we needed to work now.

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MouseAddams in reply todockam

Did you say mouse trap😈

youtu.be/TVAhhVrpkwM?featur...

Their problem- they didn’t use peanut butter… works every time

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j-o-h-n

Outside the box? Don't forget about inside the box.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Thursday 10/26/2023 11:20 PM DST

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MouseAddams in reply toj-o-h-n

Well done John.

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MoonRocket

I'm new to this site. I'm reading your posts regarding your husband and the SEs he is experiencing. May I ask what age is your husband?

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MouseAddams in reply toMoonRocket

he’s 63y/o now. 5 years into this relationship with PCa

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MoonRocket in reply toMouseAddams

So young...I'm just shy of 58 and 4.5 years since dx. He's fortunate to have support.

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