Pale lemon juice is the objective. If it is darker than that,
drink.
Well, that's good because mine is very pale..at the dr it was yellow and
cloudy (go figure)..
I drink a ton LOL
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From: "Alton Ryder"
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To: "Blaine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November
02, 2005 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [TMIC]
infections, UTI
>
> Do you cath? If so, look at the cleanliness of the procedure.
>
> I change my Foley myself under rather clean, but not sterile, conditions. I
> used to frequently get UTI's. Under the same changing conditions, I have not
> had an UTI for over a year, maybe longer. I do not take any medications for
> UTI's. [I do take both Lasix/furosemide and Aldactone/spironolactone to
> lower my retained fluids. Drinking HELPs to lower my retained fluids.]
>
> I drink 10 ounces of 27% cranberry juice every morning. I drink another 15
> glasses of water every day. Not counted is the water content of all the
> fruit and vegetables that I eat. If I walked, I would slosh.
>
> The color of your urine is a measure of sufficiency of water consumption.
> Pale lemon juice is the objective. If it is darker than that, drink.
>
> I do have a harmless colony of pseudomonas in my urethra because it gets
> very little flushing, only a few cc's every two weeks. It doesn't make
> headway in the bladder. [Pseudomonas color the colonized surface a bright
> blue/green. Through the rubber extension hose the colony appears olive drab
> ugly.] Occasionally the urine is a bit cloudy, an indication of bacteria,
> but it doesn't last more than a day or two.
>
> How does this schedule work? Mostly by constantly flushing the bladder. But
> the colony in the hose is evidence of another mechanism as well. I believe
> the cranberry juice and the bladder lining have some sort of cooperation
> going. Whatever, it works.
>
> Alton, sloshing in New Hampshire
>
