Broken Leg/Cast help

[Echoes]

Hey guys I broke my left leg (more or less)

Also, I tend to have have showers as a part of my daily routine

So, seeing as I
a) can't get this motherfucker wet
b) can't put any weight on it

Does anyone have any good advice on how I can best clean myself, without making it a massive production? For the record, our shower is a bathtub/shower combination. Does anyone have any first/secondhand experience with this shit? "Shower" number one was a giant pain in the ass and I'd prefer to not have to repeat the process every day.

[Em]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that! I've actually had to wear a cast on my leg and they gave me a special contraption for showering purposes. I can't remember what it was called but it covered the cast and created some sort of seal at the top. Ask for one!

Edit: Wait a second, inquiring minds need to know: how high is your cast?

[Echoes]

It stops about 3 inches below the knee, and goes all the way to my toes  (leaving them open)

[Echoes]

For the even more curious: I suffered an impact fracture on my ankle that tore all the ligaments in the back and then broke my fibula. I did this while sliding into second base. The throw was cut off, so in hte end the slide was unnecessary. 

[El_Josharino]

That's why I always slide headfirst.

[El_Josharino]

I mostly just want to high-five you. I'm guessing you were stretching a single into a double?

[Em]

Okay, I came back. Sorry, I was majorly multitasking when trying to respond to your original post (am now only minorly multitasking; please forgive typos, etc.). I don't know from baseball, but I do know from casts that high. They definitely make these bag-type things that have a seal at the top (just below or just above the knee) that keep the water from getting in the cast. If you can't put weight on it, I guess you would just have to lean against something, but at least you wouldn't have to worry too much about getting water on the cast at the same time.

WORD OF WARNING: You still have to be really careful because if even a little bit of water seeps in it gets mad gross and smelly in there and when they finally take the cast off you will seriously almost die. That is all.

[Bernard]

Can you put a plastic chair in the tub and lean the cast on the edge of the tub, or similar, thus keeping it entirely out of the splash zone? You may be looking at bathing out of a bucket. Perhaps you could just get a lot of patchouli and 'own it'.

[G.C.R]

As well as the thing-that-seals-over-the-cast thing that Em is mentioning, do you have someone you could ask to ah, help you shower? I had a sitch once hwere I had dressings on my hands I couldn't get wet, and basically had to shower with plastic bags taped over them. I definitely needed shower assistance. Is there anyone who could help you in this respect?

[clare]

Don't you have the fibreglass waterproof casts where you're from? They're lightweight and totally showerable. Other than that I've got nothing to add to the previous suggestions, sorry :-(

[dumbfish]

Baths with the leg propped, as Bernard mentioned, and no-rinse soap.
That leg is going to stink whether water gets in there or not.
All of this will suck.
The moment it comes off, and you can finally scratch behind your ankle, will almost make the whole thing worth it.

[Echoes]

Thanks guys. I'm going to try and find one of those cast wraps. I think I'll start taking baths, too. I live with my girlfriend, who is being excellent, and can help me scrub myself.

It was on a steal, el_josh. I think in the future I will start sliding headfirst as well. High fives will be graciously accepted