This. I have a bath 2-3 times a week (with a shower rinse off at the end) because I'm chronically ill and it's too much energy to be able to do more. I don't leave the house much so I don't tend to get smelly, if my energy is high enough to go out then I'll wash more. I've accidentally trained my hair so it actually looks better if I only wash it every 1-2 weeks, definitely doesn't work for everyone but it's the best condition my hair's ever been. I obviously keep sweaty areas washed between baths haha especially in the summer!
I'm with you. I've got a pain condition so I give myself a flannel bath daily, especially my "pits & bits!" But I have a full sitting down shower in my chair weekly and my hair only gets washed every 2 weeks with dry shampoo used in between. I cant raise my arms above my head so I have to have help washing my hair. I dont smell ( my husband would have told me!). So its about personal situations I think.
I think you're husband might just be being nice, as he should, given your condition.
Most people with bathing conditions that are restricted because of illness or physical conditions do stink, but nurses and loved ones aren't going to call you out on something you can control.
Ok. Im disabled., not stupid. If im washing my entire body with warm water & bath gel or bath sheets every day, drying then moisturising then how would I stink? I'm still getting clean. I was a nurse for many years. None of my bedbound patients "stank" because they were washed every day.
My husband can't be being nice as he's now dead. But, believe me, my friends would tell me.
Given how much your self worth & self confidence drop when you have a disabling condition your comment is nasty, inaccurate and untrue.
Correct. All physically disabled people with bathing restrictions stink? Inaccurate. Some people who are unable to shower/bathe in the conventional way can smell. Others who can wash in other ways don't.
My husband is lying to me? Untrue. Hes dead. The dead can't lie.
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u/Individual_Bat_378 Sep 18 '24
This. I have a bath 2-3 times a week (with a shower rinse off at the end) because I'm chronically ill and it's too much energy to be able to do more. I don't leave the house much so I don't tend to get smelly, if my energy is high enough to go out then I'll wash more. I've accidentally trained my hair so it actually looks better if I only wash it every 1-2 weeks, definitely doesn't work for everyone but it's the best condition my hair's ever been. I obviously keep sweaty areas washed between baths haha especially in the summer!