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Lol Jan! I thank you for the advice. I looked up Devrom (sp?) & Amazon has it. I never really gave a second thought on the odor, but now that you posted, I should consider my loved ones & colleagues. Great advice! 

Kara

Funny, I never gave it a thought...not really.

I do know that if you put a couple of drops of peppermint oil onto the soles of your feet every day it works it way into your system and that puts pay to the smell (also makes your feet smell sweet!).

There is also the good, old-fashioned method of lighting a match in the washroom once you are done. The sulfur burns away the smell immediately. 

Other solutions are lemon oil (you can make it yourself) or lemon-cinnamon potpourri...

Just dry your leftover lemons (after squeezing) in a very warm oven...then soak the skins in oil...or you can squeeze the skins into a bowl of oil...and save the oil... 

Add some peppermint leaves into the mix and you have a kick-ass homemade oil to put pay to the smell.

Sharon 

so far, after four days on devrom i have had no relief.  started with three pills a day and am now at six.  will increase to the max, of eight.  but so far i haven't noticed any difference.  am sadly disappointed.

my fallback is putting 4-6 drops of essential oils into the toilet.  no longer concocting a solution, but rather going straight to industrial strength.  it's my best bet at this point.  certainly is cheaper than devrom.  and the lemon smell isn't completely out of place in a rest room.  it buys me some comfort level.

nurse thought that part of my problem is that i eat a lot of veggies.  jlh

Yes, smell is an issue for me too -- but I don't eat a lot of vegetables with my k pouch as it reacts poorly. I have not tried anything digestible for the smell, but I do use the Poo-Pourri spray marketed for regular people and it works pretty well. I got it for my husband after seeing their funny commercials, but of course he never uses it :-( Instead I started spraying it before "tubing" and it seems to help reduce the stench. They even make really small bottles that I can keep in my "to-go" bag in my purse for when I'm out. There are also different scents if one is more bothersome than another. Hope this helps!

Jen

jen

thanks for the feedback.  i never got the spray, opting for a diy formula, then just putting some essential oils into the toilet.  pasted below is s diy recipe that looks similar to the poo pourri lemon scent.  my formula omits the  veg oil and according to this woman that helps spread a barrier across the water.  will try it and report back.

sorry to hear of a veggie problem with the k.  is it that they don't digest and clog up the catheter?  i do have that problem, but get around it by irrigating, and when necessary pulling it out, cleaning and re-inserting.  like my veggies too much so don't mine the extra work.  also, i cook them to mush or chew into a pulp.  janet

http://www.isavea2z.com/diy-po...ble-labels-included/

• 4 oz distilled water
• 25 drops of Lemon Essential Oil
• 10 drops of Bergamot Essential Oil
• 15 drops of Orange Essential Oil
• 1 teaspoon of NOW Solutions Glycerine Vegetable (I found this is a good thickening agent to help the barrier)

I also bought the Poo-Pourri as a joke and did not realize how well it works.  I put it in my K-pouch travel bag and it works well.  Very inexpensive on Amazon. 

Just curious...Do you know what the name means? 

Poo (well I am sure that you know what that means) but do you know what pourri means in French? Rotten...So essentially the name means "rotten poo"...

So apropos!

Sharon

Thanks for the recipe Janet! I will refill the bottle I'm about to finish with my favorite essential oils, glycerin and water and see if I can make a better substitute.

 Thanks for your etymology lesson, Sharon! Your post made me google "potpourri" and now I know it was just a pot of rotten flowers -- So funny the way some words get appropriated :-)

yes, love knowing the exact definition of a commonly used word.  indeed some people think certain potpourris do stink.

jen--will be curious to know whether your home brew works as good as the commercial.  mine only works if i also put in 10 +/- drops of essential oil.  the poo- pourri site offers a free--pay for s&h-- 2 oz spray.  will do a test once it arrives, but would like to hear your results.  thanks, janet