Re: Western MiniFest @ KM.

In article <1158171992.293880.119830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"WoodsChick" <TamiRowell@xxxxxxx> wrote:

SloCalSpode wrote:

<snip interesting cast configurations>

I wonder how you other "crips" handeled the shower
thing. I for sure need one soon. The last two (cleanings)
were a back yard affair. Sitting on a cooler, stripped down,
with a trash bag wrapped around the casting. Bucket of
warm water and a big soft spunge. The girlfriend pouring
big cups of water over my head to wash off the suds.
Quite a sight if the neighbors were to look out their
window and over my fence. But it worked.

As if being able to see into the future a la' Nostradamus, I took it
upon myself several years ago to purchase one of those removable shower
head thingies with the long hose. Upon purchasing our house, we removed
the plastic Motel 6 shower stall and turned our original (1919)
clawfoot bathtub into a shower. The shower ring and head is very high
so I had to buy an extra hose. I bought a small Rubbermaid 4-legged
stool (looks like one of those things used for step aerobics) and a few
rolls of good quality athletic tape. I would tape up a garbage bag over
my leg, sit on the stool, and use the removeable shower head to shower
with. Worked like a charm.

If you're not supposed to weight bear, fuggedabout a shower unless you
do the sit down movable shower head thing like Tami.

Once you're allowed to bear weight on the leg, you can shower as long
as your cast is made watertight. You can try the duct tape or athletic
tape and garbage bag, but that gets old real fast. And, if it ever
leaks and the cast gets wet, you're gonna start mildewing and Betsy
will NOT be happy :)

Medical supply houses sell cast covers with a guaranteed leakproof
rubber diaghram that slips over your leg painlessly. Well worth it, in
my experience.

Here's what I had (don't know a thing about this vendor):
http://tinyurl.com/bpxwv

Good luck,

--
Charles
'99 YZ250
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