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Is taking a shower difficult for you?
Posted by debi-wilson on April 14, 2019 at 11:43 amIs showering difficult for you? What adaptions have you made to make it easier?
jacqueline replied 3 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies -
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Deleted UserApril 14, 2019 at 6:50 pmShowering isn’t a pleasant experience with MS. To be honest I shower just twice a week now, well I don’t go anywhere and I don’t get dirty, so there ya go. I get pillow hair which I really don’t like. I really need to wet my hair everyday and blowdry it but that has changed. so just twice a week I look good lol.
I have a hand rail and a non slip suction mat but it’s still a mission, getting dried is a mission and getting dressed is a mission, it’s all a bit of a mission really lol. Oh but I just bought a fluffy toilet lid cover, so now I don’t get a cold bum when I dry my feet, things are looking up.
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Well, I don’t have difficulties while I’m showering, but sometimes when I am very tired I can’t go to take a shower, and I do that by force, because In my case I take a shower everyday, and if I don’t do that I can’t fall asleep and recently I solve this issue. I bought in my opinion the best massage shower head. Now It’s a pleasure taking a shower after a hard day on work and staying at least 5 minutes under this massage It’s amazing. After a shower like this you fall asleep like in 1 minute.
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I make sure i shower-shampoo my hair keeping my head as straight as i can without bending the neck and head forwards, as if i was to bend my neck, my head forwards, i can guarantee Lhermitte’s ( sign – phenomenon ) will have me down on the floor, like it did once when i was showing the shampoo off and i briefly closed my eyes as i was doing it…
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Jackie –
Good to have you back on the forums again. How are you doing?
Ed
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<b>Ed, thank you for my welcome back…I am not too good, stress since the sudden loss of my partner-hubby age 74, 19 months ago, plus my move 3 months ago, has – is taking its toll…Oh and i did i mention that i found him dead 4 years after to the exact date 11th April that i was diagnosed at age 64 with my PP-MS…I will be 70 next March..</b>
Jackie..
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Ed, thank you for my welcome back…I am not doing well, what with the stress i have had to deal with since the sudden loss of my partner – hubby at age 74, 19 months ago, plus my move 3 months ago has, is taking its toll…Oh and did i mention that i found him dead 4 years after, to the exact date 11th April i was diagnosed with PP-MS at age 64..I will be 70 next March…
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