Thank you to everyone that replied...it helped to know that I was not a complete fool to try.

Acceptance is tough given this is so new to me and perhaps it will never happen. However, I learned from reading your posts that one must try or suffering becomes magnified. What makes it difficult is all the memories of doing almost anything with ease and the reality of how hard it is to do most things now.

BTW, the plumber came and fixed what I could not complete so once again there's running water. I will certainly pick my battles more carefully going forward...well at least I hope I do since I can be pretty stubborn.

Cliffman