Oh this story is totally not MS related, but yes, I have my very own shower mishap. This was back when I ran rescue squad... I had another severe case of strep throat mixed with bronchitis (which i get at least once a year, ever since I was 3!)

Well, I had a fever of about 104 when i decided that the tub trick worked faster than the tylenol. Here is my mistake. Temp dropped so fast that when I stood up and got out of the tub to dry off I fainted. And smacked my head on the toilet, and took the sliding glass door off the track with me. My mom freaks out and calls rescue squad... Wouln't you know it happened to be a day when my team was on duty.

I wake up soaking wet and naked on a stretcher with the dirty old man (one of my fave people in the world but about 50 yrs old and married to a girl my age and the guy is a perv) standing over me laughing his butt off and telling one of the girls to go get the camera. They covered me with a sheet and tried to take me to the hospital.

I flat out refused to go anywhere unless I was dressed... which lead my crew (all 4 of them) to go into my room, through all of my dresser drawers where the worst possible outfit they could find and they insisted on helping me get dressed. So I ended up in the hospital in a thong and mini skirt with a tank top and no bra! it was horrible.

I am still mad at my mom for that one!

You need a warning at the top of your post...I just got Dr. Pepper all over my keyboard and monitor. I'm laughing so hard that I need to get to the bathroom soon....

Sorry...just the thought of your crew dressing you for your trip to the ER...they sound like fun to be around...Evil, but fun!

Im ticked off! after working ambulance for years and years NO crew should have treated you that way! Let me apologize for the rest of the medics of the world. NO ONE should have treated you that way! it is our job to take the sting out of embarrassing situations, not add to it.

it's ok dej I got them back one by one! Oh yes I did! I think they were trying to cheer me up, they know my sense of humor.

My husband has strict orders: if I have a heart attack during the night or fall out of the tub and break my whatever, first he's to call 911, then he's IMMEDIATELY to find a pair of pants and a shirt. ANY pair of pants and shirt. And if he can't get them on me, don't let the emergency responders in.

Just kidding. Sort of.

Small town stuff. Our local volunteer firemen are emergency responders, so the first guys here would be Matt, Don, Duane...oh, I just don't think so. I will be dressed.

One hopes and trusts that the legzz story would ONLY happen with another member of the team, but I remember an "incident" locally where someone on the rescue squad blabbed certain things around town. Needless to say, she was no longer on the squad. Shame, shame.

Sounds like what co-workers would do.

The suction grab handles work very well. I use a long one and a short one. They will stick to almost any shower surround, just make sure the wall is clean. You do have to re-attach them every so often, just to be extra safe. I would not try to use them with tile walls.

If you want to make sure the shower or tub are not slippery, just sprinkle a little cleanser on the floor before you get in.

We can all get a pair of Sally's Gripper Slipper socks and wear them in the shower!

Here's my stupid shower story for the week. More of an example of my forgetfulness.

Anyone ever go to take a shower, with the express need to wash your hair...and you end up washing everything but your hair???

I took a shower yesterday, and wondered afterward why my hair didnt quite feel clean. I dont think I ever put any shampoo in it. I think I got it wet and then got distracted by wanting to wash another area and just totally spaced off the shampoo part of washing my hair. (I was wondering why it felt weird when I was drying it)

I'm about to go wash my hair now...with shampoo! and wouldnt you know it....the lightbulb above the shower, that I cant reach, just burned out ...the lights over my mirror have two burned out bulbs (out of four). I also cant reach that. I'm afraid of ladders while I have numb toes. Plus, I dont have a replacement bulb for the shower. I have bulbs for the over-the-mirror lights. Just too chicken to climb up the ladder.

It's going to be a dark, dim shower.

All the lightbulbs are dying all at the same time. I have to change bulbs all over the house. Cant wait till tuesday. The cleaning lady is tall, and she doesnt mind changing bulbs for us. Hope we dont end up in the dark over the weekend with the bulbs all dying at once.

I hope the stores still sell incandescent. I hate those stupid CFL bulbs.

I don't have a shower mishap story to tell, but I got some pretty good shower stories!

I'm in a hotel on Carondelet Street in New Orleans right now. Carondelet changes names to Bourbon Street a block away from here. Mardi Gras! And yes, it's cold.

This next few days may very well generate a particularly interesting shower story...

Tom