# Bathroom scale difficulties

**URL:** <https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/bathroom-scale-difficulties/79054>\
**Category:** Everyday living\
**Tags:** living-with-ms\
**Created:** [3 April 2025 16:09 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/bathroom-scale-difficulties/79054 "2025-04-03T16:09:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![nichols2828](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@nichols2828](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/nichols2828)\
**Post date:** [3 April 2025 16:09 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/bathroom-scale-difficulties/79054/1 "2025-04-03T16:09:19Z")

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Hi all,  
I am able to stand on our bathroom scales, but find them too sensitive; as I am unable to stand totally still, the reading fluctuates a lot. Any suggestions eg. a particular make etc. would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![cymroglyn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/cymroglyn/32/4013_2.png) [@cymroglyn](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/cymroglyn)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2025 22:07 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/bathroom-scale-difficulties/79054/2 "2025-04-28T22:07:00Z")

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I can’t recommend anything I’m afraid, the only time I get weighed these days is if I’m in a medical appointment and they use a hoist that has got scales built into them. Not all of them have, but it’s quite exciting when it happens! I was delighted to find that I am the lightest I have been for nearly 30 years, although my gut is bigger than it has ever been. Turns out I’ve lost an awful lot of muscle, and because I am a permanent wheelchair user all of the skin and everything else has sunk down to my waist.

Short of a scale you can sit sit on I’m not sure there is a way of getting weighed. Fingers crossed you can find something

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**Author:** ![nichols2828](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@nichols2828](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/nichols2828)\
**Post date:** [29 April 2025 15:43 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/bathroom-scale-difficulties/79054/3 "2025-04-29T15:43:58Z")

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Many thanks for taking the time to answer, and well done on your own weight victory!

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**Author:** ![kieranfraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47c2d/32.png) [@kieranfraser](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/kieranfraser)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2026 07:48 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/bathroom-scale-difficulties/79054/4 "2026-10-08T07:48:30Z")

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