Use your O2 in the shower by draping the hose over the curtain rod. Get a shower chair. Use warm, not hot water. Leave the curtain or door open at the back. Find a small plastic table to put all shower equipment on, like soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc. Get a hand-held shower head. Get a terry robe so you can put it on and not have to dry off. Position a chair just outside the shower so you can sit down into your robe. All these things will help.

Half the time i wash my hair in the kitchen sink. It makes the shower a lot shorter and I can do that hours after the shower or before if I want. It breaks up the bath time.

After always showering every morning I now skip some days if I'm not going out.
I have found that if I do my nebuliser before the shower, that helps but hair washing is very tiring. I have to do that in a minute. Out to lunch today.

@A MyCOPDTeam Member. Very good recommendations for taking a shower.

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Feel the same way Toni. If I take a shower that's it for the day. I have to rest . Takes me a couple of hours to get dressed.....take my time and rest in between each piece of clothing.I have COPD and use an nebulizer, and have a couple of inhalers. In spite of it all I feel lucky to have gone this far and have lived to see so many things happen in the world. Lately it seems like a lot of bad in the world!