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I have problems with my hands: there's a lot of osteoarthritis and I've had four bones grafts into my fingers. Some of the joints have fused and my orthopaedic surgeon says that my hands are ''interesting''. I use other words. Winters are miserable as my hands seem to seize up when it's cold. Even a windy day in summer can be difficult. I need warmth, but I'm reluctant to put the heating on just because my hands feel the chill. Of course I could wear gloves, but have you ever tried to actually ''do'' anything when you're wearing gloves? My ''hands'' might have problems, but ''I'' am still active. I want to write, to knit, to sew, to use the computer or my iPad - to do all the things that hands were made for doing.