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I'm longing to have a bath

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sally36012
sally36012

I'm 21 days post op and feeling ok, doing exercises, sleeping ok on my back, taking paracetamol when I need it. I have showers but yesterday I asked a friend to try to get in and out of the bath tub without breaking the 90 degree rule - it was impossible.

Have you managed to find a way?

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  • barbara17317
    barbara17317 sally36012

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    Its funny how we all differ and I don't mean with our hips.  Some people go crazy if they can't have a bath and drool over them whereas I only had a bath when my body is aching, perhaps after gardening or exercising too much (this was before my hip op of course).  I always have a shower every day, so I really missed that during the 10 days after, but not being able to have a bath never bothered me.  It might upset me if we didn't have a shower though and feel a great deal of sympathy for those who have a shower over the bath.
  • mic71403
    mic71403 sally36012

    Posted

    Hi Sally , All,

    Having just showered yes, I did miss my 3 showers a week, for those first ten days, especially after the gym I'm sadly not doing now. And for me a weekly bath is really the best tho, and I seriously plan one at six weeks and a day!

    So funny / quirky that we are all different in liking or not baths/ being cautious or pushing our recovery a bit, and leaning on info from phsio/ hospital that says 6 weeks no bath/ 12 weeks no bath, or something else. And yet we're all doing amazingly well despite this!!

    Mic

    x

  • christine92783
    christine92783 sally36012

    Posted

    Hi Sally, just wanted to say that i,m actually 8 months post op. and even i havnt  attempted the bath, main reason is because i worry that i wouldnt get out very easily as my taps are on the side of the bath so not able to grab the sides too well, but like you would love a soak, pretty much resigned to useing the shower now.
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