On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:06:35 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote:

>
>"~patches~" > wrote in message
...
>> Reaching for anything is not an option. I get very frustrated but
>> that's the way it is for now at least.
>
>This may help http://arcoa.com/products-ezg.htm
>http://reacher.com/store/productlist.asp?department=4 They even have one
>with a light.
>
>My wife uses a similar one that is probably 50 years old and was common in
>grocery stores way back in the old days.
>

I have one that I got when I had my hip replacement surgery. I use it
all the time and it is invaluable. Don't have one with a light
though... Mine used to have a magnet at the end of it, so it could
pick up things like paper clips, etc., but somewhere along the way it
came off.

Christine