How much vitamin C does everyone else day each day? I take 500 mg four times a day and 2 cranberry and I will have the look at how many milligrams, also cranberry juice each morning.
Just wondering. A nurse check my urine each month, the first urine that comes into a new ostomy bag that was just put on.. Dana Lori, Don't beat yourself up too bad (We'll take care of that! :) ) - I have heard that either hi or lo pH will knock the bugs down. One wouldn't want to do both of these at the same time tho. I read about the Alka Seltzer somewhere and also apple cider vinegar to change one's pH. Again never a base and an acid together because of the canceling effect. I also read about vitamin C lowering your pH so I currently do Cranberry Juice and vit C (1000 mg). So far I've been pretty clear since I started that. I also try killing them with alcohol every once in a while - maybe that's the secret.? AZDAVE On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: Hi folks, IGNORE that home remedy I found online & shared with y'all. [below] Sorry. I was telling my husband about it last night and he said "Backing SODA???" I said... "Yes." He said "Backing Soda is ALKALINE!!!!" Just the complete opposite of what would be needed or trying to achieve! It's pretty much the exaxt same thing as Alka-Seltzer [just withou th the fizz]. Ya know ... "Alka" Seltzer. Alkaline. GEEZ. We need the opposite -- aciditic properties. Once again, that goes to show you that "a supposed expert" (some urologist in THAT article -- Kristene E. Whitmore, M.D., chief of urology and director of the Incontinence Center at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia) does not know too much or is completely incompetent as a doctor. Or failed human physiology or biology 101. Perhaps I can find her online and she has an e-mail address. I guess that for those of us who do not know much about the properties of a particular supplement or home remedy, etc. -- we have to be very, very careful of what is written down. And even if it is backed up by a supposed expert -- don't believe everything you read! Lori --------------------- ANTIBACTERIAL STRATEGIES : If a urine culture indicates that you have a UTI, your doctor will probably prescribe antibiotics. In addition to taking the medication, here's what you can do to relieve symptoms and prevent future recurrences. Fix yourself a baking soda cocktail. "At the first sign of symptoms, mix half a teaspoon of baking soda in an eight-ounce glass of water and drink it," says Kristene E. Whitmore, M.D., chief of urology and director of the Inconti nence Center at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. The baking soda raises the pH (acid-base balance) of irritating, acidic urine. This raises the PH in your urinary tract so the bacteria can't survive. OR 1) A mixture of 1/2 tsp baking soda in eight ounce glass of water can be very helpful as a UTI preventative or during the first signs of urinary tract infection. The presence of baking soda in your system raises the acid-base balance of the acidic urine. Or 1 teaspoon into a liter of water. IF you have a diagnosed, symptomatic UTI -- take the antibiotics that are necessary to treat the family of bacteria that is present. -- AZDAVE @ _DAVEOCONNELL.COM_ (http://daveoconnell.com/) **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)
