My fingers swell also. My right hand swells more than my left. When I am
wearing rings, I put a ring that normally fits on my right hand ring finger
on my left hand index finger.   When all else fails I put several rings on a
nice gold chain, and wear them as a necklace. When swelling subsides, you
can place the rings on your fingers. I also have swollen joints, I do have
one ring that a jeweler placed a hinged fastener on. I can wear  it when my
fingers are swollen or not. Open the hinge,place ring on desired finger,
slide fastner closed and it will stay on my finger until I open it up and
remove the ring. The only problem is these fasteners are fairly expensive.
Hope this is helpful. Wende

Hi Candi--you are right--Windex is great.

I will make a note of these places to look for a ring sizer and see what I
come up with.  In a few days though.  I am down with one of the worst colds
I have ever had.  Oh god, I am so incredibly *sick* (ha ha) if you know what
I mean....

Mair

Hi Mary,

Well, maybe they put something else in Windex to make it blue - don't know.
I just know it gets rings off & cleans them. The ring things I was referring
to may be what you're talking about with the 'flexible ring sizer'. You can
get them at WalMart or any jeweler.

I used to love angora - everyone knew you were going steady! And I could use
some of that pep right about now too. First, the grandkids' dad killed
himself New Years Eve & then my hubby's business was broken into last
weekend & they got away with $150,000 worth of stuff. Hope this isn't an
indication of the year to come!

Stop pouting. Get the ring thing & some Windex. (Again, I do NOT have stock
in the stuff. You can get generic.)

Candi

ps: Andy's funny

Gee Candi, you arejust full of innovative ideas.
Andy's ideas sounded a little spooky to me.

1) Yeah I've worn my wedding rings around my neck for years.  Now I've been
single for 10 years, and I just want to wear a ring on my finger the way
normal people do [she pouts].

1) Windex is basically ammonia in water.  I never thought of ammonia as
slippery, but if they do it in hospitals, what the hey!  (I've done stranger
things in hospitals :-D

2) Where would one get the "ring sizer" object you talked about in the other
post.
I was hoping the ultimate solution to this might be a *flexible* ring sizer.
The ring in question is already larger by about one size, so that spacer
thing might really work

3) I was hoping not to resort to angora, but it seems to be the easyiest
answer so far.  It would make me feel like I am in the Pep Squad again!  I
could sure use some of that "pep" now!

Thanks Candi

Mair

Mair, ps:

If you use Windex, make sure you put a washcloth in the sink before you use
it so the ring doesn't slip down the drain. Also, Windex is a really good
ring cleaner without abrasives. And no, I don't own stock in Windex.

Candi

I have a question that SUM buddy in this group must have figured out.  How
do you wear a significant ring (i.e. wedding band) when you have a constant
problem of finger swelling.  My finger swells and the one with the ring
turns blue.. YIKES... then my swelling goes away and the ring, if it's still
there, slips off and gets lost.

I am thinking of a remedy for this, but want to hear the wisdom of the
ages....

Come on...

Mair