Re: [QUAD-L] Vinegar solution

[Dana Miller]

I hope he did not want you to drink the stuff?   Anyway, I have noticed that 
if there is any bleach left over in a leg bag or bedside bag, it can smell 
quite rank.  I use one half  bleach, one half water solution to clean my 
bedside bag.  I cath into a urinal and should there be a bit of bleach in 
there left from cleaning, the smell is horrible.
The number of UTI's I have had has dwindle to just about nil since storeing 
my used catheters, I self cath, in a very mild bleach/water solution.  Then 
boil for 20 minutes, air dry for 24 hours and then put in a ziplock--un 
zipped, to use again.
When I do get a bad uti, it will smell strong.  I have not had a problem 
with consistant odor tho.

Dana
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. Kimberlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Quad" <quad-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 6:48 PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Vinegar solution


I thought after yesterday that I had managed to control the smell of my 
urine, but much to my chagrin it began stinking in earnest once again 
tonight. After eliminating the Mountain Dew, changing vitamins, and 
continuing to aggressively irrigate I am at my last wits about how to get 
this smell under control. However, I seem to recall one of my first 
doctors having me use a vinegar/saline solution. As anybody heard of this? 
If so, what is the ratio of vinegar to saline?

Billy from Tampa
C2-3
9 years post

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