portable gas stove to boil treatment parts

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ladybug

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Hello.

So, we do A LOT of traveling with Ben being in the military and I'm always having to find a hotel room that has a stove (usually suite-type places where everything is furnishes... very spendy!) in order to boil my treatment parts after using them. Also, when we go stay on base in their "hotels", we always have to get the family housing units with the little kitchenette and expain to them that I need it for medical reasons.

So, hubby just called and said, "hey, why don't we look into getting a portable gas stove that is used for camping that just "folds up" when you need to take it somewhere? then, we could bring that to any hotel room we go to and boil your treatment parts." I'm really excited by this idea! What does everyone think? Has anyone done such a thing? Do you think it would be a big deal using propane and fire indoors for 5 minutes to boil parts? We'd of course be in the room the whole time while boiling it. Also, I've had nothing but gas stoves for the past 5 years, and feel its pretty similar.

I hate just washing them and letting them dry in those nasty hotel rooms, so boiling them everytime seems very necessary to me.
 
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anonymous

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hi, why don't you try a baby's bottle steamer, a travel one will easy fit all neb bits & it very portable. Parts are very clean & sterile when they come out.

Chezza
 
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anonymous

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I was told the new rule of thumb is, no need for boiling, just wash w/ hot water and anti bac soap. So I don't boil anymore.

John, 26, cf
 
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thelizardqueen

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Without the boiling, I would worry about germs that you would get from the water. I use antibacterial soap and hot water to wash mine daily, and every second day I boil them.
 
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ladybug

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I've never heard not to boil them.... who told you this? The PARI still says to boil to disinfect, as does the CFF website. Hmmmm.....

Anyway, awesome idea about the deep fryer!!! And, with a strainer too! Cool! Do they boil just like a regular stove would boil them?
 
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LouLou

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I used to boil in the 90's and then baby bottle steamered in microwave until 2 years ago when I started doing the hydrogen peroxide disinfecting on cff.org after my CFt Center only would approve the HO2O, Bleach or Alcohol methods. I'm glad I did - one less thing to worry about causing me to be sick.
REMEMBER NEVER USE A WET NEB
 
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rcq925

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What about using the disposable nebs and just throwing them away? I have a friend who just wne on vacation with their CF toddler and this is what she did, I guess they are pretty inexpensive. I don't know what periods of time, i.e., how long you travel for at a time, but just a thought!
 
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debs2girls

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You can purchase a single burner hot plate that would work too, but
then you would have to make sure you always had a pan
available...lol.
 
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anonymous

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>miesl</b></i>

The other option is to microwave - lots of hotel rooms have one.</end quote></div>

i always worry about what microwaves can do to plastic, though...who knows what kind of stuff may be released from the plastic when radiating it. it just seems that we are told everything is okay and then 10 or 20 years down the line some new research comes out telling the complete opposite.
 
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anonymous

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I always boil the pari neb cups, but learned the hard way not to boil other ones. Melted mess! Instructions for the paris say to boil for 10 minutes. Liza
 
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anonymous

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We boil the pari mask, but what about those disposable masks and neb's Everytime I boil them for over 5 minutes they melt and can't be used, what do yu do for them???? Can you use the deep fryer for those??? We go camping alot and I thought that would be great for that!
 
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anonymous

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I do also use a steam-sterilizer for baby bottles, thats what our doctors and therapists and also Pari recommend. Its easy to use, you do need only a little water(I prefer sterilized water, because there is no calc/lime in it) and a socket.

Uli,43,Germany
 
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