Advice on cleaning neb equipment when traveling

Posted by bubbie2 @bubbie2, Feb 24 5:27pm

Does anyone have any hints aboout cleaning neb equipment. The hotels dont seem to have microwaves. I plan to buy vinegar when I arrive and have a collapsible bowl to use with soap and hot tap water. Also has anyone been bothered by the surfur smell from the hot water taps or spas? TY

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amap2025 | @amap2025 | Feb 25 6:39am

Antibiotic dawn has been on my regimen.

tumanic | @tumanic | Feb 25 6:58am

I was there two years ago I left my neb at home. We stayed at airbnbs and hotels, the opportunities to santize nebs were very good, I believe every location had microwaves available. We spent a lot of time in the hot pools without any affects from sulfur smell. This was before the last volcanic incidents but there wasn’t any sulfur in the air. Salt air was very refreshing.

kagilb | @kagilb | Feb 26 11:49am

I have found that European hotels and some cruise lines will give you an electric teapot. I clean off neb and aerobika with hot water /Dawn soak in a microwave bag, rinse well with water, then pour boiling water into bag with equipment and seal. When cool I empty out water and find an out of the way place to dry equipment. Sometimes I can get access to a microwave at a hotel and will use it. We were in Iceland a few years ago and I took a collapsable electric coldren which was ok also. We are going to the Switzerland area in a few months on a trip that involves hotels and riverboat; I plan to use tea kettle method mostly. Contacting hotels ahead of time is a good idea to confirm they can provide kettle or microwave. I have been on the big 3 for 7 months, sputum converted negative after 4 months, so I am doing everything I have learned to keep the MAC at bay!

cwal | @cwal | Feb 27 5:11am

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@kagilb
How are you doing with the Big 3?

bubbie2 | @bubbie2 | Feb 27 7:08am

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Thank you! I'm going to practice with the mw bags at home before the trip. Our hotels do not have mw in the room but they do have "tea and coffee makers" so that should work.

bubbie2 | @bubbie2 | Feb 27 7:10am

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I do not have MAC.

kagilb | @kagilb | Feb 28 10:50am

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@cwal
I have been doing reasonably well after seven months on the big three. I experienced some nausea in the beginning of therapy which resolved. I’m being monitored for vision and hearing which so far are unchanged. I’ve had a few periods of time where I’ve been unusually fatigued. Recently, my GI tract is bothering me with intermittent cramps and urgency-annoying, but not terrible. Overall, I think I’ve been tolerating the regimen reasonably well. I eat lots of yogurt to try to keep up my probiotic intake and get a lot of exercise. My husband and I love to travel and we try not to let this disease and its treatment get in the way.
If my sputums stay negative, I hope to come off the antibiotics in July.
One day at a time, everyone!
Karen

texaseve | @texaseve | Feb 28 11:25am

In reply to @kagilb "I have found that European hotels and some cruise lines will give you an electric teapot...." + (show)

@kagilb May I ask which microwave bag you use? You don't put anything in the microwave, in the bag, correct? I am interested in this, since we travel to camps in the summer. thanks

kagilb | @kagilb | Feb 28 3:14pm

The brand of microwave bags I use is Medela quick clean. They were originally developed for breast pump equipment. You put a few oz. of water in with neb equipment.

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