One issue with living alone,

Any kind of thing like this and just being ill in general with no one to take care of you is the bad part of living alone. I love it - until I really need someone. Get one of those back scrubber things for the shower. Preferrably a foam one that will let you put a bar of soap inside. Also works for lotions.
 
hawkdon said:
and having a rash on your left shoulder blade, where you cannot see it, or treat it with any of the dang creams!!!!!! IT SUCKS !!!!!! :LOL:
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I know, I live alone now as well..so have to come up with genius ideas . I also have OA in my fingers and some sprays are impossible to press down... so either use a spatula, as Jules advised , or something similarly long handled and spread cream on it...or get a flannel or a small towel and spread the cream thickly on it, then use it on your shoulder like you were drying yourself...
 
hawkdon said:
and having a rash on your left shoulder blade, where you cannot see it, or treat it with any of the dang creams!!!!!! IT SUCKS !!!!!! :LOL:
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I know exactly how you feel hawkdon: I saw my doctor a couple of weeks ago because of a rash on my back, he immediately wrote out a prescription for 2 tubes of steroidal cream and said it was eczema and to use sparingly. The big problem is, I too live alone and how was I
going to apply it to the rash. He said ask one of the neighbours to help you out, I said I only have male neighbours and wasn't going to approach either. I thought up a good idea where I purchased a long-handled shoehorn and applied some cling-wrap around it and applied the cream
under great difficulties.
 
oscash said:
I know exactly how you feel hawkdon: I saw my doctor a couple of weeks ago because of a rash on my back, he immediately wrote out a prescription for 2 tubes of steroidal cream and said it was eczema and to use sparingly. The big problem is, I too live alone and how was I
going to apply it to the rash. He said ask one of the neighbours to help you out, I said I only have male neighbours and wasn't going to approach either. I thought up a good idea where I purchased a long-handled shoehorn and applied some cling-wrap around it and applied the cream
under great difficulties.
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how out of touch are doctors ?..ask a neighbour....yes like we've all got neighbours we don't mind taking our tops off for... *sheesh* :rolleyes:
 
hollydolly said:
how out of touch are doctors ?..ask a neighbour....yes like we've all got neighbours we don't mind taking our tops off for... *sheesh* :rolleyes:
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They always say well can't you get a friend to drive you or a neighbor? First off...I have few friends that I'm gonna call to taxi me around and I haven't spoken to any of my neighbors but one and I sure as hell ain't askin her to put anything on me. They don't seem to believe that I have no one to help me. I don't think they understand what the word "alone" means. LOL!
 
MarciKS said:
They always say well can't you get a friend to drive you or a neighbor? First off...I have few friends that I'm gonna call to taxi me around and I haven't spoken to any of my neighbors but one and I sure as hell ain't askin her to put anything on me. They don't seem to believe that I have no one to help me. I don't think they understand what the word "alone" means. LOL!
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I know, I've discovered this myself in the last couple of years
 
Ok, seriously, this can be a problem. More than age, I often think being single is what makes me invisible. People don’t realize there is usually no ‘other person’ at home or nearby to do things like pick up the Rx at the drug store when you are flat on your back in bed with a bad case of the flu.
 
Brookswood said:
Ok, seriously, this can be a problem. More than age, I often think being single is what makes me invisible. People don’t realize there is usually no ‘other person’ at home or nearby to do things like pick up the Rx at the drug store when you are flat on your back in bed with a bad case of the flu.
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I agree... and what's more frightening is when you start to choke on something.. there's no-one to help.. that's very scary...
 
Blackheads and white boils on your back and/or hard to reach places. Huge problems as mine in the past felt as if I was lying on nails.

Having been alone for long periods of time due to away contracts by husband, I'd learned how to do DIY repairs but the drill in wall usage still poses a problem.

Applying ointment on lower back, that has been painful in the last 50 years, it's just routine nowadays.

Worst I can see is when social services aren't available, especially after hospital stays. As an example, when you have to change a dressing over a still seeping wound... That'd be the worst... Trying to heal and recover on your own.

After the birth of my first child and daughter, I had the visit of a post-natal nurse who probably had just graduated and obviously hadn't had a child herself.

She arrived just as I was feeding daughter her bottle of milk. She sat in complete silence, took notes and drank from her store's coffee cup. I tried getting conversations going but it got me nowhere.

Once I had burped daughter, changed her PJs and her diaper again, as she did a number two while feeding, lol, that nurse got up, asked if I had questions. I had one which she couldn't answer, saying sorry I don't know... and promptly left.

From that day on, I decided it was time to rely on myself and get on with it. It was a harsh learning curve but I'm researching and finding ways to do things by myself for over 30 years now.

Some situations will be challenging and hopefully we'll get help from somewhere... eventually!
 

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