Hi Teldee. What about having a stool or small chair in the shower so he can sit down. Just so he doesn’t have to worry about slipping. Hope he and you get on ok. Best wishes. Zena
Yes HappyJo we are using the flannel washes etc but, as he's 6ft tll and 17stone and I'm only 5ft and 7stone ,so I couldn't get him up if he were to fall and am not taking any risks!!
I did try a shower chair but our shower is over the bath so it was unstable and I had to take it back.
We've read about surgical glue but that's probably for private patients and we are NHS .It's a brilliant idea but the dissolvable stitches must be a lot cheaper.
How the wound is closed is down to the surgeon and has nothing to do with whether or not you are a private patient or an NHS one. I had glue to seal up my incisions post CABG and I am an NHS patient. My wife had a hip replacement privately and had staples. To suggest you got 'cheap' treatment because you were an NHS patient, is frankly, rubbish!
Closure of the incision depends on the surgeon and the surgery. I've recently had staples with a large waterproof dressing for a private hip replacement whilst my husband had glue for an NHS coronary bypass (chest and leg) with stitches for his chest drains.
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