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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.

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