Laundry after DS.

[Soonerjoseph]

I'm wondering how everyone cleans their clothes of the terrible odors that can sometimes happen, depending on how you eat. I have a sanitize cycle and clean everything I own using it. I also use Persil (used to use Tide only for years), tons of fabric freshner, and used to use bleach alternative (just in case it kills odors like bleach does, no idea if it does) but I can't seem to find it for sale anymore.

I recently picked up some Tide with Febreze Sport because I read it's really good for odors and will try that using cold and warm water cycles. I have a feeling that I'll always have to use the sanitize cycle for the smells. I'm just trying to save energy as well as the odd delicate of my daughters that gets ruined by using super hot water.

 

[galaxygrrl]

So, I don't get bad oders like others, but I have had an accident about once every two months What I have been using is Pet oder spray. This works well

https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Odor-Molecular-Eliminator-16-ounces/dp/B004AGTHBS/ref=sr_1_4

I just figured whatever is in poo is the same whether dog or human.

I bet it takes care of oders too. Good luck.

 

[Jbandmmomma]

My go-to for kid and dog laundry if there are issues:
OxiClean powder (get the one that says "Odor Elilminator" - not regular
Gain liquid detergent (not the fancy smells, plain Gain)
HOT water, extra rinse cycle
Clorox - a tiny smidge - if items are bleachable.

For laundry that doesn't have direct stuff on it, I use original Tide or the Sport Tide (extra odor eliminators?). I've tried to use less expensive detergent (including Arm and Hammer, Purex, Sun, Tide Basic, etc) and I always have to go back to the standards Tide and Gain. Three kids and a husband who works outdoors 50% of the time lead to some smelly laundry.

 

[writegirl]

Wait. We start to smell? I missed this memo...

 

[Jbandmmomma]

Wait. We start to smell? I missed this memo...

I don't have a noticeable body odor.

Three years out. I may have had to clean up from a shart before, though, and have had kids pee the bed before. What I posted works for those scenarios.

 

[Clematis]

I don't have body odor (although I went through a 2 month period post-op where my armpits smelled like Taco Bell -- something to do with hormones being released as felt melted away) and only rarely have killer stinky farts. (That note is for you @writegirl) And i think the fart thing is what @Soonerjoseph is talking about, right? Bad farts are 100% related to what you eat.

I second the vote for OxyClean (regular as I didn't even know they had an odor one). It really does help odors. And wash your clothes separately from your daughter and young kids. Once my sons became smelly teenagers and I made them do their own laundry (important life skill) I lost all the body odor I developed during their bacteria producing puberty. I think the bacteria in their clothes got on mine and changed my body bacteria. Once I got their bacteria out of the mix I was back to being a sweet smelling female. That was a decade or more ago and they still use Oxyclean in their own wash loads.

Personally, I detest the perfume in Gain and other odor masking detergents and dryer sheets. There's a restaurant I refuse to go to because they wash their cloth napkins in Gain, roll the silverware in the napkin which then stinks like Gain and taints the food. I don't think all that perfume is good for young kids' skin and I know it gives my sensitive skin a rash. I use unscented dryer sheets.

 

[southernlady]

And i think the fart thing is what @Soonerjoseph is talking about, right? Bad farts are 100% related to what you eat.

Yes and no. Right at first (the first month or so), it can also be related to your guts getting use to being abused by surgery.

After you are healed and eating normal foods, it IS related to what goes in your mouth.

 

[southernlady]

Wait. We start to smell? I missed this memo...

Well, yes but it's usually you smelling funky to yourself. Ketosis is the desired state after surgery but burning fat instead of carbs for energy can give you a slightly funky smell. Normally I don't like linking articles from sites like Livestrong but it explains it pretty well. http://www.livestrong.com/article/542205-ketogenic-diet-body-odor/

Btw, I never had the ketosis odor to my knowledge.

 

[Soonerjoseph]

Oh it's mainly the farts/what I eat that I'm talking about. I get my 3 boys for the summer and I go into cooking overdrive mode because they love my food. It's just not stuff that I can eat, or more precisely, should eat. I find it hard to not do it though, especially this last week. I've also had 7 surgeries since my DS and they keep setting me back on my weight so sometimes I have to eat dumb; I was down to 138 lbs recently.

 

[Clematis]

Geez, SJ, seven surgeries? And 138?? It's a good thing Esquerra gave you a longer than usual cc!! Take care of yourself, pal. I wish you well.

 

[writegirl]

Well, yes but it's usually you smelling funky to yourself. Ketosis is the desired state after surgery but burning fat instead of carbs for energy can give you a slightly funky smell. Normally I don't like linking articles from sites like Livestrong but it explains it pretty well. http://www.livestrong.com/article/542205-ketogenic-diet-body-odor/

Btw, I never had the ketosis odor to my knowledge.

Ah, that makes sense. I did have the ketosis on my 800 calorie pre-op diet. Holy crap, it makes my mouth taste like tinfoil is in there. It's awful.

 

[LindaDarnell]

I like the Tide Odor defense pods. They fight most odors in smelly clothes