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Replies to "No it weighs in ounces. If I wanted it would do grams, but I want ounces...."
@diverjer
If the kitchen scale is a digital scale, it’s the best thing to use. Mine is digital and does grams or ounces. Urine does weigh just about the same as water. Look it up on the Internet.
@diverjer
The problem is that all of the guidelines for the amount of urine you should produce are in grams or milliliters. Because it is such an exact measure doing it in ounces gives you a very granular answer.
Of course you can always do the calculation to get it to grams. Every phone has a Calculator. Even going to the Internet, you can do a wide variety of calculations on the search bar.
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@diverjer
Who told you that about digital kitchen scales ? 😵💫
Grams are equal to ml - yes for water but urine is about 99.9% water so it definitely applies. You are not doing scientific experiment in a lab but weighting pads to see the trend .
Also, milliliters are used in urology office and PT places when they talk about level of incontinence so that is why I suggested milliliters - it might be handy if you ever need to go to incontinence specialist, although I am sure that doctor would know how to do conversion from ounces to ml..
I bought a scale on Amazon ($16) and discarded it after it served it's purpose in a bathroom. While it was used it was wiped with alcohol wipes every time it was used and my husband never let pad soak so much that it would be soggy. It is not good to wear soaking wet pads .