I have had an ileostomy for over 11 years now and i have tried all of the products. The one thing that bothers me to this day is the smell. Since it is my small intestines the acidic smell can be horrible. I have used every odor solution possible, all of the different "blue drops" brands and I occasionally drink orange juice since I know it tames the acid.
Drinking orange juice with Every meal caused me to intake way to much sugar so I backed off that. Recently while out of town with my family I ran out of my M-9 Deodorizer and I was so embarrassed because I had to share room with someone. I started back drinking orange juice, as much as possible, when one day I said what if I put the orange juice directly in the bag.
Well everyone, I did and it worked better than any blue drop I have ever used in the past 11 years. I put the orange juice in my M-9 Deodorizer bottle and I was home free. I was able to put a few drops of the orange juice into my pouch right before I emptied it and it completely neutralized the odor. I was never able to do this with my blue drops.
I urge you all to try it. Put a few drops of orange juice into your ileostomy pouch and all of your smelly problems will disappear! Try it and let me know what you think!
