BATHING

[balla]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif hI JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY GETS THIS WHEN HAVING A BATH I DON'T HAVE THE WATER THAT HOT BUT WHEN I GET OUT OF THE BATH EVEN THOUGH I DON'T SOAK IN THE BATH JUST GET IN THEN OUT BUT FEEL AS IF I HAVE BEEN ON AN EXERCISE FOR AGES FELL SO WEAK AND TIERED HAVE TO SIT ON BED AND GET MY BREATH BEFORE GETTING DRESSED.
ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAVE IS IF I GET WATER (NOT SOAP AS I DON'T USE SOAP ON MY FACEDUE TO IT DRYING MY SKIN AND MAKEING IT FEEL TIGHT) IN MY EYES THEY SEEM TO DRY MY EYES SO HAVE TO USE LIQUID TEARS AS SOON AS GET OUT OF THE BATH OR CANN'T SEE.
I DON'T USE THE SHOWER AS I CANN'T STAND FOR LONG BEFORE I GET PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN MY LEGS.
JUST WONDERED WHAT ANYONE ELSE DOES TO OVERCOME THIS EXHAUSTION,
ANOTHER PROBLEM JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ADD WHEN I GET A BATH THERE SEEMS ALOT OF HAIR IN THE WATER AFTERWARDS.(HAIR OFF MY HEAD) IS THIS NORMAL MY HUSBAND USE TO SOMETIMES SAY I WILL GET IN AFTER YOU BUT NOW SAYS CANN'T GET IN THERE WITH ALL THAT HAIR.

WELL LITTLE MOAN JUST HOPE SOMEONE AS SOMETHING GOOD TO HELP ME OUT THANKS
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[lazylegs]

A bath does the same thing to me. I have a stool that I sit on in the shower now. The shower head can come off its hook so I can rinse off really well if I am unable to stand. Just rinsing my face will make my eyes all irritated and red. Even with the drops it takes an hour or so to clear up. Now i use drops beforehand and it doesn't seem as bad. I think maybe my eyes are just so dry that any contact with the lid causes irritation. As for the hair, I think most of us have that problem. Got so bad I had to cut it. There are some hair traps you can buy so you don't clog the drain.

Take care,
Lazylegs

[balla]

HI CANN'T PUT STOOL IN MINE AS SHOWER IS OVER THE BATH,WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IF IT WASN'T YES THATS WHATS UP WITH MY EYES AS IF THE EYE LIDS ARE WRIPPING MY SKIN ON MY EYES IT GETS THAT BAD I'M ALWAYS USEING DROPS BEFORE BATH BUT AS SOON AS WATER TUCHES THEM THEY JUST DRY UP SO I HAVE TO HAVE HUBBY THERE WHEN I GET OUT OF THE BATH.
MAKES ME LAUGH SOMETIMES I GET OUT OF THE BATH SO EXHAUSTED AND PUFFING FOR BREATH AND CANN'T SEE WHERE I'M GOING DUE TO MY EYES I'M ONLY 39 FEEL LIKE 90 WHEN I'M GETTING OUT OF BATH style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif HUBBY RUNNING ROUND TRYING TO GET ME TO MY BEDROOM TO SIT DOWN AND GET DRIED.
GOD KNOWS WHAT HE IS THINKING THOUGHT HE HAD MARRIED A YOUNGER WOMAN ENDED UP WITH SOMEONE 39 GOING ON 90.
BUT I KNOW HE LOVES ME GOOD JOB HE KNEW ME WHEN I WAS 15.

BYE FOR NOW SUSANX style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/foryou.gif

[balla]

hi just had a though as anyone any idea where you can get them seats that fit your bath then i could sit on that so can have shower,my dad had one of social services but don't like the social service was like we had to beg for my dads,i got my whhel chair sent from the nuerologist from preson so didn't have to beg of social services and the wheel chair is serviced every couple of years.
I only use it on days out as don't need it in the house and don't get out much only to back garden in summer.
when go to supermarket i keep sitting down to get blood back into my legs and husband stands at tills.

thanx for any info you have luppies x

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[MAMAJOE]

Hi suzi i feel exactly the same as that just cleaning my teeth when i have a bath or shower i get so hot and bothered i feel like i need another one ha ha i have difinately got the hair thing going on too style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif The one thing that really wears me out is getting dried afterwards i normally lay on the bed wrapped up in a towelling wrobe till i get my breath back but my top tip is get the hairdryer on a cool setting and dry yourself that way it does,nt take as much effort and takes about 3 mins style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/halo.gif

take care of yourself

love
mamajoe






LOVE ENDURES

[balla]

hi mamajoe,sound like me i need to sit with towels round me while my breath and heart slows down,
yes feel the same could do with another bath after you have settled down,my hubby can stay in the bath ages.
well when i find out where i can get the bath chairs from i will try and have a shower and see how that is.
thanks for all of your help.

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[pauline1946]

my sister had one we got from home health.
but with brain cancer she was scared to use
it.
if you have home health they are supose to
get these things for you. all we did was have her
doctor call them.

my husband took our tub out for me, and put a
shower stall in that has a seat built in.

LOL LOL GUESS WHAT my back side is to big for it.
the seat not the shower

he loves it as much as i do, and the grandson's live
in the shower. they would sit there all day if the
water stayed hot.
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[MAMAJOE]

Hi suzi you can get the bath seats from boots and argos if thats any help but you should be able to get one through your gp as they can be a bit expensive
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hope this is of help to you

love
mamajoe







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[birdie]

or as you are in the UK ask your GP to refer to an Occupational Therapist, they will come and see you and see what equipment you need to help you around your home, you will be surprised as to what they can give you to make your life alot easier. Or if not ring social services and see if they can ask for an OT to come and visit you.

[balla]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Thanx.gif Hi thanks i will see my G.P and see if he can get something for me like i said the social services was not very nice with my dad he was paralised for 10 years bfore passing away due to another brainstem stroke,we had to fight for his and we also tried to get a shower fitted due to him being unable to finding it hard to get in bath and my sister having to do him and her back wasn't to good,but they refused.
so i think i will stay away from them.Although we pay our tax and national insurance we are made to feel like we are begging.
But thanks will ask if doctor can refure me there.

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[Unicorn]

Hello i'm netty,

I too find it harder and harder to bathe, getting in and out of the bath is hard and the whole process of washing myself and my hair totally exhausts me.
I have found on days i go to work i cannot bath in the morning but must do so at night time so i can recover.

I loose alot of hair and my partner complains about it being everywhere. Clogs up hoover and is even in the drier! Good job i have lots, my hair is long. I have been thinking about getting it cut but it makes me feel good to see it shining, kind of my last bit of femminity(sorry spelling bad!) something to feel good about myself.

Bathing stool sure sounds as though it could help you alot so i hope your GP can come through for you! I'm sorry that you have had such a bad experience with social services i too feel they seem to make things worse rather than better in certain circumstances and aim to stay well clear of them!

Good luck and try to rest!!!

xxxxxx

[balla]

hi netty yes i know how you feel about your hair mine is shoulder length but very thin so when its down you can see my scalp but don't want it any shorter, i know this may sound bad but only yesterday my husband made tea but i only went by the table to get sauce and i must have been sheading hair as it was on his plate felt so bad.

well now i have made you feel sick sorry but it is part of the illness the hair thing.

thanks for your post bye for now susanx style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Thanx.gif