Shower

Aah. First shower since early November last year. That’s about 10 months of wiping down with a towel and washing hair in the sink. It’s amazing what hot water running through your hair feels like. However, it wasn’t as memorable as the first shower after almost two years of hemodialysis back in early 2019. I think I’ve already took that “first” shower when I started this blog so I didn’t mention it here. The vascular surgeon said it was okay to shower 24 hours after removing the catheter. There was still some blood oozing out of the wound when I changed the bandage earlier but I stuck a waterproof bandage on it, and covered it with a thick woven medical tape. I think that kept the opening dry, though without the catheter, infection risk is pretty minimal.

I made a post a few months ago detailing all the scars and catheters in my torso. With the removal of the chest catheter, I think there are no more holes in me. I still need to cover the exit wound for a few more days.

Hopefully that’s the last of installing ports or catheters for me.