I do a similar thing, but when I have had some serious issues with the fetid smell of my urine, I have had to put a Ziploc freezer bag around my bed bag so that the smell doesn't escape out into the world. It's an awful smell and to me it smells like I have it infection, but my blood and urine doesn't show it. We have tried using vinegar and it does help a little bit, but I found it best to use the vinegar and the cover.
Freezer bags or thicker than the regular storage bags. It also gives you a little bit of extra insurance in case you're urine bag leaks. Quadius On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Quad Dude <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > I do almost exactly what you do for your son except instead of running the > tube inside my pants, up my leg, I run the tubing up and beside my chair, > then connect the tubing to the catheter through a hole cut into the left > pocket of all my pants. This works especially well with shorts. The tubing > is covered with black cloth so it's virtually invisible unless you look for > it. > > Steve - C4, 24 years > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Richard Galli <[email protected]>wrote: > >> My solution for my quadriplegic son, beginning about 13 years ago, was >> not to use a leg bag at all. I mounted a black utility bag so it hangs off >> the front of his power chair base, behind his lower legs. We put a big >> 2000-ml bedside drainage bag in that, and run the tube inside his pants, up >> his leg. We cover the transparent tube with the kind of black flexible >> wire-concealing wrap you can get at Radioshack. >> >> The tube connects at top to his Texas or Foley cath (depending) and the >> tube is held in place by a white strap with velcro clamp. >> >> When the drainage bag gets near full, we just take it out, open the >> valve, and either fill up a bottle or two, or hold it over a toilet and let >> it drain. >> >> There is virtually no odor except when draining; it can go without >> draining three or four times as long as a leg bag; and it is much easier to >> manage in just about every way. >> >> Richard Galli >> >> >> >
