February 2008
Page 11
Urostomy Food for Thought
by Gene Frankson, Green Bay WI
The first week of August I went to the grocery store and bought cucumbers and tomatoes. Loving to eat vegetables, I ate half the cucumber, a tomato, had a few cans of soda pop, and another tomato on my hamburger. Thursday, (while on vacation) my son and I went up north. In addition to the other food I had consumed, I had a bottle of lemonade. About 3:00 A.M., I had a leak in my wafer. Six hours later, I had another leak. I took the appliance off and put on another wafer. After another 6 hours, another leak. By that time, I'm getting a little unhappy and worried, because my supply of wafers was running out. I started thinking about all the acid I had ingested, so I slammed down a big glass of milk and lots of water. All that food and drink I had consumed was acid! My urine got so acidic it was cutting right through the glue on my wafer. It's been five days since I put my last wafer on - thank goodness! What a pain, and it was all my fault. My daughter, who is a doctor, said maybe if I took some Tums for the acid...I don't know if that would work. Fresh vegetables are great - but be careful what and how much you eat!
Via: Marshfield WI Newsletter: The Reroute on-line, Evansville, IN, January 2008, via Inside Out On-line Feb/08, via Inside Out On-line Feb/08
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