How can I bathe if I cannot strip naked?!


Question: How can I bathe if I cannot strip naked?
I fractured my 2nd lumbar vertebrae a week ago. I'm in desperate need of advice on how to bathe myself. Whenever I'm not laying in bed I'm supposed to be wearing this ugly ******* full upper-body brace that forces me to have a shirt on underneath. In short, a bath is impossible, showering seems impossible, any ideas?

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I would cut out a hole for my head in a plastic garbage bag and arm holes then put that on and get into the shower. It sounds funny and looks funny but at least you can wash, use a strong leaf bag they are almost impossible to leak. have everything set up in the shower so it is in reach before you get in and a towel for when you get out. Be much easier if you had help, but you should be able to do it on your own. I have known someone with a half body cast on and he took showers.



My grandmother who had neither tub nor shower told me had to take a sponge bath.
"First you wash down as far as possible, then you wash up as far as possible, and last, you wash possible."

People did it for eons.




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