Re: I am new and I was searching the post

[Guest guest]

Yes... I remember those days. I would lie on the kitchen counter. Thanks for

the memories! I used to take a plastic belt and put it down from the top all the

way to the bottom.

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> Hi

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> I had my surgery in the summer of 1976 before there was an air condition in

every room in NYC. My mom rented a summer bungalow down at Rockaway Beach for

me to recover from the surgery. Reading about how everyone cope with the itches

and washes your hair brought back a flood of memories.

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> When I got itchy which in the summer was very often..... maybe it was

stickiness of NYC summers. My mom got a hair blow dryer that had a cool

setting. I used to prop it up by the openings in the shoulders blades, neck, lay

down on the bed and try to fit it in any spot I could.....

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> One time I even got a pencil stuck in there don't ask how I got it out but I

did.

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> As for washing my hair....my mom would have me lay down on a high riser day

bed my on my back with head hanging over the side. She would pour water on my

head and the water would fall into a bucket..... that is how I was my hair for

the first four months with the big cast on.

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> When I got the second cast on the one that looked like a turtle you guys

surely remember that one. My use the hose from the washing machine to

wash/rinse my hair.

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> Whenever I see someone with a cast on I always tell them to go out and buy a

blow dryer with a cool setting. I tell you it was better than a million dollars

at the time.

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> My mother and I went to through hell together but it made us stronger women!

> Ellen

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[Guest guest]

Ellen, when i read that you got a pencil stuck i laughed out loud! I thought

(or at least my parents told me) I was the only one that did that.

I remember my second body cast was fiberglass. I was told that it would float.

Since i couldnt swim, I thought " Wow, now i have my own float. " So, i jumped

into the pool. . . and sank! Luckily my mom wasnt too far away. Nothing like a

heavy wet body cast. Still cant swim to this day!

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PERIB <peribasel@...> wrote:

>Yes... I remember those days. I would lie on the kitchen counter. Thanks for

the memories! I used to take a plastic belt and put it down from the top all the

way to the bottom.

>

>

>

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>> Hi

>>

>> I had my surgery in the summer of 1976 before there was an air condition in

every room in NYC. My mom rented a summer bungalow down at Rockaway Beach for

me to recover from the surgery. Reading about how everyone cope with the itches

and washes your hair brought back a flood of memories.

>>

>> When I got itchy which in the summer was very often..... maybe it was

stickiness of NYC summers. My mom got a hair blow dryer that had a cool

setting. I used to prop it up by the openings in the shoulders blades, neck, lay

down on the bed and try to fit it in any spot I could.....

>>

>> One time I even got a pencil stuck in there don't ask how I got it out but I

did.

>>

>> As for washing my hair....my mom would have me lay down on a high riser day

bed my on my back with head hanging over the side. She would pour water on my

head and the water would fall into a bucket..... that is how I was my hair for

the first four months with the big cast on.

>>

>> When I got the second cast on the one that looked like a turtle you guys

surely remember that one. My use the hose from the washing machine to

wash/rinse my hair.

>>

>> Whenever I see someone with a cast on I always tell them to go out and buy a

blow dryer with a cool setting. I tell you it was better than a million dollars

at the time.

>>

>> My mother and I went to through hell together but it made us stronger women!

>> Ellen

>>

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