I have very long hair. How will I care for it immediately post-op?

My hair is VERY long. I noticed this morning that it touches the back of my legs when it's not braided (and that's got to go around my big fat a$$ first too LOL). Before my shower, I unbraid it and brush the knots out. In the shower, I shampoo, condition, and brush it out again. Then I turn the shower off and braid it. I have no idea how I'm going to accomplish the arms-over-the-head for three to five minutes that this requires right after surgery. My husband is not good at this kind of thing and he's going to have my daughter to care for anyway. I guess I can ask my angel to help with this (Jeanese, poor you, honey!) and she probably will, but what about once I get home? I didn't have any trouble with this right after having my baby. I took my first shower 20 minutes after delivering her (I had her at home, so nobody could tell me not to, LOL) and I was shaky and it was exhausting, but I leaned against the wall of the shower and it was OK. But I didn't have cut abdominal muscles when I did that, either. Cutting my hair is LOW on my list of answers to this question. I guess if I had to, I would try to figure out who I could PAY to help me with this problem instead of doing that. But who would even help me in the shower for money? Ugh. Thanks for any advice.

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