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Posted 6/5/2013 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
you've inspired me to track... I use very little TP right now because I clean my ostomy pouch with baby wipes, but my boyfriend (has CD) has been staying over a lot and I noticed we're going through more than usual. LOL -- it's going to be a nightmare when I start using my j-pouch, better get the bidet installed in time
Posted 6/6/2013 12:53 AM (GMT 0)
I use toilet paper too. about a half a roll a day. I like baby wipes . I have a delicate tuch. Feel so much cleaner with the wipes. I use quite a bit of the wipes. They are flushable. I use the ones with aloe .
Posted 6/6/2013 3:22 AM (GMT 0)
Half a roll a day!??! other 1-2 rolls per day? W..T..F?!?! dudes! if you need to use that much, you have some crazy inflammation issues.

You know what?!....I'm not even going to try to understand this. It is beyond my level of understanding.

I'll just explain how I do it. The paper roll has small dividers for each "square". Well, I use two squares for each BM. I wipe once, and then folded a bit for a clean part and wipe again, and it's pretty good. I might use 1 or 2 squares more sometimes where there's a bit too much blood. I'll go between 6-9 times per day, but it varies. 1 roll lasts me a week or so.
Posted 6/6/2013 3:29 AM (GMT 0)
Ah Somedude I think that's where you're probably different from the masses. You're really economizing on sheets.

I use 3 squares folded for 1 wipe, do that 3- 4 times per BM until it's clear, so about 9-12 squares per BM. I suspect some use even more than that.
Posted 6/6/2013 3:36 AM (GMT 0)
"9-12 squares per BM."

that's alot dude. I'll tell you a trick that might work for you if you're at home. Wipe once and then the second round of squares wet them under the tap water of the sink, then wipe, it will vastly improve the second wipe POWER.

I'm personally sad when I see 1-2 rolls per day per person. That is a lot of wasting and I believe even small things matter for the environment in the long run. Oh well.
Posted 6/6/2013 3:47 AM (GMT 0)
Interesting tip on the damp paper. Doesn't that run the risk of disintegration? I don't think I'd trust that.

I don't consider 9-12 squares too excessive. At present that's 9-12 squares a day.

Depending on the paper I could probably do a 2 square strategy x 3-4 which would bring me down to 6-8 squares which I'd consider fairly frugal.

Sure if i was going 10 times a day then yeah that's your half roll. I do remember I'd need less when i was more 'liquid'.
Posted 6/6/2013 3:50 AM (GMT 0)

Jimbo NZ said...
Interesting tip on the damp paper. Doesn't that run the risk of disintegration? I don't think I'd trust that.

I don't consider 9-12 squares too excessive. At present that's 9-12 squares a day.

Depending on the paper I could probably do a 2 square strategy x 3-4 which would bring me down to 6-8 squares which I'd consider fairly frugal.

Sure if i was going 10 times a day then yeah that's your half roll. I do remember I'd need less when i was more 'liquid'.

Well, try it once or twice with the damp paper. It might depend also on the type of paper you use I guess. If it doesn't work to your satisfaction then that's that.

Sorry, I thought you were going multiple times per day times 9-12 squares per bm.
Posted 6/6/2013 3:55 AM (GMT 0)
Yes so it's 9-12 sheets for every BM, at present 1 BM per day. Lucky for me at the moment. But I'd say at my worst i'd have be up to 8 times a day so that's more like 80 squares which is a lot. Luckily i haven't had it that bad for a while.

Remember women be will using TP for both types of toilet trips also.
Posted 6/6/2013 5:32 AM (GMT 0)
i've never heard of folding your toilet paper -

for one thing dude, you must have tiny fingers if a folded sheet provides adequate protection from the "elements" -
and second, you're wiping your butt - who cares about the environment ?

but let's add another question:

are you a folder or a wadder ? me, i fold my clothes & wad my toilet paper -
Posted 6/6/2013 8:56 AM (GMT 0)
To be clear, I fold. I take a 3 square run of tp and fold it along the scores to form one 3-layer piece that is the same size/area as one square of tp.
Posted 6/6/2013 11:07 AM (GMT 0)

Somedude said...
Half a roll a day!??! other 1-2 rolls per day? W..T..F?!?! dudes! if you need to use that much, you have some crazy inflammation issues.

You know what?!....I'm not even going to try to understand this. It is beyond my level of understanding.

I'll just explain how I do it. The paper roll has small dividers for each "square". Well, I use two squares for each BM. I wipe once, and then folded a bit for a clean part and wipe again, and it's pretty good. I might use 1 or 2 squares more sometimes where there's a bit too much blood. I'll go between 6-9 times per day, but it varies. 1 roll lasts me a week or so.

Do you wipe until the the paper remains clean, or just a standard two-wipes per visit?
Posted 6/6/2013 12:50 PM (GMT 0)
The rate at which we go thru TP is actually my best indicator of how my UC is doing... sure, symptoms are always nice to gauge, but really- mucous, excess gas, some blood, & near/real accidents are part of my daily life! We're a family of 3, & we go thru about 1 roll of Scott tp per day- 1000 single ply sheets. And septic safe! I buy the huge package from BJ's, & if I notice our stash running low faster than usual, I tend to stop & think a bit.... I hate that soft TP- it leaves lint on your butt & never feels clean! Scott is the best- soft enough to avoid irritation, yet strong enough to tackle the nastiest mucous & blood laden BM.
Posted 6/6/2013 12:52 PM (GMT 0)
Somedude, don't forget that the women folk need to use it for pee, too. And a couple of squares ain't gonna get my fingers from getting damp after I pee.
Posted 6/6/2013 12:56 PM (GMT 0)
I'm a tp folder as well. I grab a number of squares (2-4), double them over, and then wipe. I double that over again, wipe again, and drop it in the toilet (to conserve as much as I can). If needed, I repeat this a few times. It really can vary, as far as how much tp I use in an average bm, some are just plain messier than others haha.

Haha yeah the women folk use a lot more tp then us, as they wipe after they pee, so those who care about the environment should shake after a pee, like us guys do tongue
Posted 6/6/2013 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
Think some of you guys should use a little tp instead of shaking. There seems to be pee on the rim a lot of the times. Hate cleaning toilets!!! LOL
Posted 6/6/2013 7:02 PM (GMT 0)
Well, Faithmac, those drops on the toilet rim aren't from us guys shaking dry (unless others shake a lot more crazily than I do) rather it is from splashback from peeing while standing. If you want to eliminate the cleanup of those drops then you gotta get us guys to sit down while we pee, a rather emasculating thing lol. The same thing happens when you girls 'hover' over the toilet when you pee (rather than sit on a gross seat you instead put your feet on it and squat down to pee) for those iffy restrooms that are a little too gross to safely sit down. The result is the higher one is above the waterline when they pee the more likely it is to splash everywhere and make quite a mess in the process -- thank gravity for adding velocity to the drops.

Just insist that the men clean the toilets in your household. I clean the toilet in mine, as I feel that by far, I create a greater mess in there than my wife does lol.
Posted 6/6/2013 7:47 PM (GMT 0)
I line the toilet seat. No hovering for me. That's when I use a ton of TP. My husband would never sit while going. Just have to clean a lot. After a party of drinking, lots of cleaning LOL!!!!
Posted 6/6/2013 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
I buy the Charmin 2.5 or 4 roll equivalent. I'm supposedly in remission but still need a 2.5 roll every day or two. When flaring, I go through one or two big rolls daily. Things are easier to clean now that I don't take Omega 3 any more.
Posted 6/7/2013 12:23 AM (GMT 0)
I never kept track of TP usage... and now I don't really need to wipe in the traditional sense any more since I've got this stoma on my front side. I am going through a lot more Wet Ones trying to keep my bag clean.

-R
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