All this self dot is making me...

[Terry Reedy]

>For those of us who have less cartilage left in their hands, would it be
>acceptable to use "my." or better "me."

'Acceptable' to whom?  Python is a free language; use it as you wish 8).

For private work, I abbreviate 'self' to 's' and 'other' (in __add__(), etc) 
to 'o'.  This works precisely because the existing conventions make it 
obvious (to me) what is meant.  

TJ Reedy