Here are a few more things that suck about having had a double mastectomy....continued...
Washing my hair in the beginning was not something I could do. Luckily, my mom did a wonderful job washing my hair while I hung my head over the sink in our kitchen. Although, thinking back on it now, I don't know what got a better wash - my hair or the kitchen wall! Water got everywhere! Thankfully, I can kind of wash my hair myself now. Well, kind of!
Using a pump style hand wash. You don't realize how hard it is until you can't push the pump down because of the shooting pain in your muscles! Same goes for using the handle to flush the toilet!
Since we are talking toilet talk...do you know how hard it is to deal with the business of going to the potty (I have a 2 year old, what can I say?!)? It was not fun. I could hardly twist around enough in the beginning. Luckily, that has improved greatly!
Another thing that is difficult, door handles. The heavy type that restaurants, hospitals, etc use. It is easy to push the door in, but when you are trying to turn the handle to pull the door to leave, it is almost impossible because your muscles are still screaming at you from trying to wipe your butt!
And last not certainly not least....my belly sticks out further than my nonexistent boobs.
Awesome.
Washing my hair in the beginning was not something I could do. Luckily, my mom did a wonderful job washing my hair while I hung my head over the sink in our kitchen. Although, thinking back on it now, I don't know what got a better wash - my hair or the kitchen wall! Water got everywhere! Thankfully, I can kind of wash my hair myself now. Well, kind of!
Using a pump style hand wash. You don't realize how hard it is until you can't push the pump down because of the shooting pain in your muscles! Same goes for using the handle to flush the toilet!
Since we are talking toilet talk...do you know how hard it is to deal with the business of going to the potty (I have a 2 year old, what can I say?!)? It was not fun. I could hardly twist around enough in the beginning. Luckily, that has improved greatly!
Another thing that is difficult, door handles. The heavy type that restaurants, hospitals, etc use. It is easy to push the door in, but when you are trying to turn the handle to pull the door to leave, it is almost impossible because your muscles are still screaming at you from trying to wipe your butt!
And last not certainly not least....my belly sticks out further than my nonexistent boobs.
Awesome.
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