@oldmtwoman: Praying you’ll find out what’s going on and come out whole on the other end 🙂  I forgot to give you the dry shampoo recipe – it’s just arrowroot, with some cocoa powder added for color if you have darker hair, because with dry shampoo, you never quite get it all back out. It works nicely if you use it soon enough. I use the shaker bottle that the arrowroot comes in and just shake it on my hair, work it in all around the scalp, and then brush and brush and brush – with a clean brush of course. You might have to clean the brush and then brush again.
We waited a bit long with daughter because we kept expecting a bath aid, who never showed up. However, 10 days after surgery, on Monday, we are supposed to have one. Daughter says at least she’ll be clean for her appointment to have the drain taken out. The first dry shampoo application involved 5 or 6 brushings and cleaning the brush. But she also has incredibly long, thick hair.
@Muffy1938: Praying for some extra energy for you. I don’t know anything about your particular problem, of course, but for me, I have found that St. John’s Wort tincture works well. You have to match the herb to the person, though, and you have to look out for drug-herb interactions, too. St. John’s Wort is an MAOI type antidepressant, but of course, since it’s a plant, it has a lot of other properties, like being excellent for nerve pain. My fatigue is due to fibromyalgia and polymyalgia, which cause depression when they start to flare, which of course causes severe fatigue, and a dropper full or two of St. John’s Wort tincture every 2 hours during the day, for a day or two, usually gets me right back on my feet (as long as I can sleep at night). It’s not something I do constantly. Once I feel better, I might take a few more doses and then stop until the next flare-up, which is usually quite a while.
We are in the winter storm in the Midwest now and praying the power won’t go out. With no wood heat, the heating situation will be iffy with an invalid in the house. We have plenty of candles, but the butane heater will have to go in daughter’s little room and husband and I will have to just pile on the quilts and wear sweatsuits to bed. We will still be able to cook on the gas stove, but no heat or hot water because those are triggered on and off by electricity, even though they are gas. So I’ve placed candles strategically, and I’m typing this early tonight 🙂
Everyone stay warm!