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Do you need to sanitize your toothbrush every day?

Posted by formergardener @formergardener, Sep 7, 2023

I am really vigilant about cleaning my equipment for nebulizing and airway clearance. What should we do about our toothbrushes? We brush our teeth multiple times a day. The MAC is probably on there. I can’t boil my toothbrush or use a new one each time I brush.

I read about soaking in vinegar. Is that pure or diluted vinegar? Should it always be left in a small glass with some vinegar after brushing and rinsing teeth? Then you have to rinse it really well afterwards (with your tap water that probably contains MAC). If you know your tap water does have MAC, what do you do?

I now have disposable cups and pot bottled water in them for rinsing my mouth as well as for cleaning my toothbrush. Am I doing too much?

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blm1007blm1007 | @blm1007blm1007 | Aug 16 7:24am
In reply to @sueinmn "Ask for help! Accept help offered! I am notorious for planning "little family get togethers" that..." + (show)
@sueinmn

Ask for help! Accept help offered!

I am notorious for planning "little family get togethers" that quickly get out of hand. Tonight it happened again - the plan was a taco bar for 10-11 adult cousins to visit one who we probably will not see again, at least while she knows us. Then I figured her daughter would enjoy seeing someone her own age and invited my daughters and a son-in-law, which inevitably includes their 2 littles. Oh, and her childhood best friend who is very close to our family as well...then my brother, figuring our boys would be here, brought their playmate, his 4 yo granddaughter. All of a sudden my little house was bursting at the seams with 18 guests, including 3 giddy kids.

When everyone but my husband, one daughter and my little sister were gone, they looked at me and said "Wow, you look tired! Can we finish cleaning up with you?"

Old me would have said, "It's fine, I can do it." New me is smarter and I gratefully accepted. So tomorrow I can wake up to a sparkling clean kitchen, all the tables wiped down and chairs stowed. All I need to do is strip beds and do laundry.

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First.....that was a houseful of little personalities.
Yes, so true. Most time a Mother's words, who is use to just doing, will say "It's fine, I can do it."
Glad you stepped back and allowed the help.
For me, the way life unfolded, it is a bit different with no family here and having stayed single and now at an age where others my age are limited for various reasons....help will be hired as much as possible. So yes Sue, it is that time in life for various reasons that one needs to ask for help or hire help. I agree with you. Happy bed stripping and laundry day! Thanks
Barbara

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