Oh hamstergirl I'm sorry you have to deal with this. I'd be furious and humiliated if it happened to me. I hope you don't give up your contact with the outside world though. I think emily and sky had some good practical suggestions. It seems to me your treatment team should be brainstorming to find ways to make it less painful for you to do your personal hygeine rather than laying out ultimatums.

I'm glad you'll still be coming to boards. I read your posts before I ever started posting and missed you when you were not posting for a while. Earlier you posted that you wanted to start helping people more and I wanted to let you know that your posts have helped me. I don't have your physical problems but in some other ways we have a lot in common. I hope your day has gone better than you expected and that you won't give up.