I wonder what it is about this ... I can go out and work in the yard for 3 hrs, or clean my cars in the sunshine for most of the day ... but I dislike having a shower too?

I was always an "every day" kinda' gal, since I wanted to look my very best for work. I was in mgmt too, so I guess I had to look polished and business-like ... greasy hair just didn't cut it.

Maybe it's partly because I don't HAVE to look my best any more, i.e. "I can", and partly because I hate the sensations I'm left with for an hour or two after. It makes me weak, buzzing and numb . . . feelings I want to avoid.

If you think about it though, my mom came from a farming family, and they only had bath's once a week ... whether they needed it or not. They had to boil the water for the baths, so there were often a few kids that bathed in the same water, after another was done. GACK!

My mom, even in the 80's, would "sponge bath" most of the time, and probably only bathed a couple of times a week. Every Saturday she went and had her hair done at the beauty parlor, and the rest of the time she just piled more hairspray on.

I think maybe we've become a bit phobic about cleanliness because of convenience of having built in showers/baths, and because "perfection" is drilled into us with the media influence.

I'm wondering though, has anyone noticed that they don't grow much hair (legs, pits, etc.) as they are aging, or could that have something to do with the MS?

Cherie