I Can't Open a Jar

I don't know how it happened, but suddenly I cannot open a jar! It used to be a little bit tough for me, but if I just hung in there I could do it. Sometimes I would just tap the lid. Other times I would run the jar lid under hot water. Years back, I would even get a knife and pry the lid just enough to release pressure and the jar would magically open.

Now, if I grab the lid too tight, my hands and wrists hurt. If I hold the lid too long, my hands and wrists hurt. I can't even grab the lid hard enough to get the feeling that with just a few more seconds it will pop. Using a dish towel or rubber lid grabber just do not work.

A few years back my mom gave me a weird contraption that looked sort of like a wrench, but had a piece of rubber that went around the lid and would tighten and get the lid off. I could never get it to work.

For the time being, I'm OK. I have a teenaged son and a husband, and usually one of them is around to help me out. But, if anything happens to them, I'm going to be stuck only buying stuff in cans. Thank goodness I can work my can opener!