Re: [QUAD-L] Vinegar solution

[Dana Miller]

I had to stop using or eating anything with vitamin C in it due to acidic 
stomach problems.  I think there might have been an odor, but my urine sure 
stung like crazy..  I stopped the vit. C I was taking extra, the cranberry 
and orange juice, tomato juice and red tomatoes of any amount.  Ketchup and 
b-b-q sauce can cause stomach  problems, but I pop one of those purple pill 
type pills and it does the job.  I eat yellow tomatos now.  Last year they 
were hard to come by.  Sure missed my BLT's!

Dana
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. Kimberlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <quad-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Vinegar solution


I want to thank everyone for their input. I use a one to 10 bleach 
solution to clean my bed bags. The problem I am having is that my urine is 
so strong it is permeating through the bed bag I use on the side of my 
chair and through the freezer ziplock bag I have over the bed bag. It is 
also making its way through the fabric cover that I have are aesthetic 
purposes decided to use to cover my bed bags. The other night my brother 
notice the stoma (I have a suprapubic) had a horrible stench coming from 
it. I have had some improvement when not drinking any Mountain Dew and 
only a little bit of green tea in addition to my normal supply of water. I 
will try the acidic acid solution and let everyone know. Once again I 
really do appreciate the input, especially considering that I have 
continued to address this situation to ad nauseam.

Billy from Tampa
PS no I do not plan on drinking the stuff.  :-)
Dana Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: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"
To: "Quad"
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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