OH For a shower

[murf]

Had my catheter put in a week ago (



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[murf]

Had my catheter (for PD) put in a week ago and seems to be healing nicely. But I do really miss having a shower. Got to do this for another three weeks. Manage to wash my hair (or whats left of it) by using a water bottle with a pump and have a body wash using sponges. Running out of deodorant and after shave. Funny how we miss the little things when we no longer have them.

[galvo]

I must admit I'm enjoying my splashy sponge washing experience. I think I'm reaching places that have not been explored for years.

[galvo]

I rather enjoy my splashy sponge washing sessions. I think I'm finding bits that haven't been discovered for years.

[RightSide]

I must admit I'm enjoying my splashy sponge washing experience. I think I'm reaching places that have not been explored for years.

I could actually enjoy sponge bathing.

But it's the shampooing of my head that is a real hassle.

I have to go through a whole bunch of contortions to wash my hair without getting the catheter wet.  I bend down to wash my head in the kitchen sink.  That way, I don't get the catheter wet.  But I sure get the kitchen floor wet.   

[Hanify]

Do you have a bath?  When I couldn't shower for a bit I had a few baths - just not too deep.  Now I LOVE a bath (or spa pool Richardmeltmyheart) and aren't allowed one grrr.  See Dan I do say bad things about PD lol.  Might effect my sales target for the month...

[jennyc]

i was naughty, i used those water proof dressings and had very quick showers. But, obviously don't do it cause it is dangerous. Once you've been on pd for a while you can get a bit blase about things and that was my 2nd catheter.

[Maker]

I rather enjoy my splashy sponge washing sessions. I think I'm finding bits that haven't been discovered for years.

Oh ya, that's a good thing Galvo 

I'm with you, baths aren't so bad.  I've forgotten what showering even feels like 

On a related note, my parents told me recently that for the first 8 years of their married life their farmhouse ONLY had a bath, no shower.  And that my Dad's parents (my grandparents) took their first shower of their lives when they moved into the nursing home recently     The farmhouse they raised 7 kids in never had a shower either.

I think of this whenever I want to complain about my situation!

[harley08]

I thought that i had read in one of posts here a long time ago that some people still took showers and even went swimming but just covered areas in plasic or something...

[Hanify]

I certainly showered on haemo - with a catheter - but there was a period of a couple of weeks when it was first put in that I couldn't.  After that I just covered it with a thing the renal team gave me and did my best to not get it too wet.  4 Months and no problems with any of the three that I had.

[Brianna!]

Why are some people allowed to shower with the hemo cathater, and some people aren't? Why is it so different around the world?

Anyway, yes I want to shower so bad too! I've been on dialysis for almost a year, and I've had my catheter out for a month only! My fistula has been in use since june-ish. But it infiltrated in september or october, and I had to get my catheter put back in. I'm getting it out at the end of the month though!

[Slywalker]

I was able to shower with a PD catheter.  They actually encouraged showering and cleaning the area thoroughly every day.  It was bandaged during the day.  I was trying to remember if I had to wait any length of time before showering but it was two years ago and my memory fails me. 

Good luck

[peleroja]

Hey, Murf.  Whether it was a PD catheter or a hemo catheter, I never stopped showering, and I never had a problem.  Sometimes I think they are unneedfully (is that a word?) cautious.

[topazbeauty]

I think more than a shower I would just like to wash my own hair. I made a deal with a local salon to wash me up everyother day for a reasonable price. I tried the head in the sink thing, but because of where my catheter is placed it hurts to lay like that. Then I tried having my boyfriend help - remember when you were a kid and your mom would use a pitcher or a cup? - yep that didn't work. He wasn't too good at getting soap out. It will be nice when my fistula is usable and I can shower again.

[sico]

I showered when i had the haemo cath in my chest. It was annoying having to tape a plastic bag over it.

With both my PD caths i had to wait two weeks from when they were installed before i could shower.
The bath wasn't too bad. Either way was more time consuming with catheters to care for.

[murf]

I think the non - shower thing is only for the first four weeks after the operation. At least I hope so. Oh you poor people who can't shower at all.

[hurlock1]

Actually when I had my catheter, I took showers. I didn't let the water spray directly on the site and I tried not to let the shampoo, etc. get on the site, but nothing special. I started out not letting it get wet at all. But then I took the bandage off so it wouldn't get wet. I dried it immediately and cleaned it with Betadyne on the site, Then put a new bandage on.
One time while I was sleeping, I must have been turning over and put my arm on the catheter and pulled the catheter out completely. I had to get a temporary "temporary" catheter that was sticking out of my neck. I hated that. I think that they may have "some" dirtylegs that don't take care of things the way that other people do. It's just like drunk drivers. The ones that get in trouble are just reckless drivers that are also drunk. When I drank (I quit drinking all together in 1990) I cringe to think of the times that I drove while drinking, but I was a careful driver anyway.
jmz

[fc2821]

When I had a hemo cath,I had to take showers. My ankles no longer work, so getting in and out of a tube is impossible for me. I can stand limitedly, short periods of time holding on to a grab bar, otherwise my ankles won't support my weight. Knowing I had to take shoers, I tried "spong baths" but the results are limited, I was told to cover the area of my cath with plastic. We also installed a hand held shoer nozel, so I could direct the water where I wanted and away from my catheter. Even with all these precautions it got infected and I spent a few days in the hospital. So if you can a bath, do.

Actually when I had my catheter, I took showers. I didn't let the water spray directly on the site and I tried not to let the shampoo, etc. get on the site, but nothing special. I started out not letting it get wet at all. But then I took the bandage off so it wouldn't get wet. I dried it immediately and cleaned it with Betadyne on the site, Then put a new bandage on.
One time while I was sleeping, I must have been turning over and put my arm on the catheter and pulled the catheter out completely. I had to get a temporary "temporary" catheter that was sticking out of my neck. I hated that. I think that they may have "some" dirtylegs that don't take care of things the way that other people do. It's just like drunk drivers. The ones that get in trouble are just reckless drivers that are also drunk. When I drank (I quit drinking all together in 1990) I cringe to think of the times that I drove while drinking, but I was a careful driver anyway.
jmz

Hurlock, back when you were doing that, nasty people like me were looking for people like you were then. Yes, bad driving got our attention but things like one headlight did draw my attention to a driver.     Not to mention being stopped in the middle of the road, pssed out behind the wheel. I have had many a drunk driver tell me they were driving carefully, some who wound up in a ditch or wrapped around a tree. But, it seems, since your still here, you were a careful driver indeed. Didn't mean to give you a hard time, but have seen the results of people who thought they could drive, sometimes it isn't so pretty to see.
 

[BrandyChloe]

I had my PD cath put in October 7th and was not allowed to shower for 2 weeks. I was never so happy to have a shower when my two weeks was up!

Have patience. The time will pass and you will be able to shower again soon.

:-)