Is PD interfering with wearing -- and getting in and out of -- your usual and preferred clothing? To what extent? And what kinds of solutions have you discovered?
My nemesis these days is teeny tiny buttons!
Is PD interfering with wearing -- and getting in and out of -- your usual and preferred clothing? To what extent? And what kinds of solutions have you discovered?
My nemesis these days is teeny tiny buttons!
There are some companies that make magnetic buttons that you can replace with the small buttons (silverts.com/parkinsons-clo.... You can insert these yourselves, though i think you’d have to do a bit of searching on amazon. Magnets aren’t compatible with cardiac pacemakers, though.
Buttons etc. are an ongoing lesson in patience.
Ain't that the truth!
Do you have the little tool for doing buttons?
My O/H has lace-up trainers that also have a discrete zip and I would really like some (with zips not with the gold glitter!).
Earrings are my current enemy . I know I could go to clip ons was but I’m not there yet.
Absolutely! This is one of the big problems for my husband. He no longer changes into night wear due to the difficulty, he just sleeps in his day wear. Also I buy his pullover shirts a little larger and he no longer has any button up shirts. All his shirts have V neck for comfort. Most days he wears pull on activewear pants.