Here is the comment I got this information about metrogel from. warning its long! original post's LINK:
www.rareconnect.org/en/community/trimethylaminuria/forum/topic/tmau-cure-zinc-and-kelp-togetherYes, I can remember talking to people and looking at them holding their breath turning red or putting their hand over their mouth while I was talking to them, one day I looked up on the internet how to smell my own breath I cupped my hands but I then learned to attempt tosmellmy upper lip and wow my breath really did stink. I chew so much gum that my dentist told me that I was wearing down the cartilidge in my gums, I had a clicking noise evertime I would open my mouth wide. The zinc and kelp cleared everything up people talk to me now without squirming.
I spent a lot of years in denial since the only thing I knew was take a shower/bath and all should be well. You should be able to manage your odor with minimal smell.
I was at the hairdresser and she had this lotion in her bathroom and I tried a little and I commented on it and she sold me a bottle for $7.00 I notice the ingredients were a bunch of various oils and the smell was light and fresh and long lasting. The lotion is called "Rubee" I went online and order it the only thing is that you have to buy it by the case. Well it was about maybe $60.00 with shipping and the lotion with my entire family using it has last over a year and I get comments all the time. Especially in the am when I get my morning cofee, they always say you smell really good when youcome in here what is it that you have on when I tell them its just lotion they are amazed. I cannot where a lot of perfume at the job so this works very well on the weekends I take the lotion and mix it with this 100% imported oil called"Golden Sand" I get comments like you would not believe. The oil is very hard to find and you cannot order online you have to find a shop that sale imported oils. The entire bottle costs about $200 -300 but I just need a little container for about $20 that lasts a long time.
The metro gel is the next thingl like flagyl but the metro gel works right away I take a double dose or insertion at night and it works. Once you get rid of the smell as it comes back you will bemore mindful. This may sound gross - but take themetro gel and put a dab on your hand and place it up the crack of your butt it will help because the smell is coming from there as well.
I know about the eggs but trust me the egg is only 1% or less of the problem I got away from the food thing because it almost impossible to eat food without choline. I only eat eggs and a good breakfast when I'm off work or on the weekends. I took the chlorophyll and the activated charcoal didn't work for me but I would still pop them in my system at times just because.
I don't drink a lot of water I'm still working on that becuase I should I did start juicing and I like it and having fun with it but this is just becuase I need to modify my eating habits, Trust me the kelp and zinc is working for me as far as TMAU is concern, I had a fish sandwich last night and I have no issues this morning.
As far as my co-workers, thye have been nice in my face but very cruel behind my back. WIth so many years of dealing with this it became my norm so ifI expected the worst I wasn't disappointed most days. I learned to put my best foot forward everyday and learn and be aware of the various smells. People forget and they just think you're stressed or your not that clean or clean at all, you name it I been thru it but I learned to give people and myself a clean slate everyday.
I have been married for over 10 years and even though I told him about TMAU he doesn't really get it I think I did a good job of managing the smell that it did not interfere with anything he did always say your breath stinks then at times his did too (smile) so I was able to move on and chew gum.
Here are some tips I picked up over the years:
Wear a good quality panty liner every day, and bring extras - this will help you not contaminate your panties with the smell and when you go to the bathroom you can smell the pantyliner to let you know you what you smell like today, change the pantyliner as needed, a lot of times the smell will get right in your underwear and once it's contaminate or smell its hard to get away from the smell. They do have disposable underwear but they can get expensive. If I knew better I would of invested in a lot of $1 underwear so I could change and throw away as needed when the underwear was unbearable at work.
Wear cotton underwear, the tmau gas need somewhere to go. If you wear silk underwear you will find at times your underwear or pants are slightly damp and this is the trapped tmau remember TMAU is a gas.
Walgreens has an air-freshener that looks like a pen. When I go to the bathroom at work I would take this with me so when I go to the bathroom at work the person that came in behind me didn't have to suffer as much. I would spray the same time I flushed the toilet.
Wipe good when you use the bathroom, invest in baby wipes or summer eve ph wipes make sure you are very dry after wiping, this could make it worse if you leave the area damp.
Don't forget to floss , sometimes that will let you know what your breath smells like a well.
Evaluate yourself where is the smell coming from the worst. If you can smell fish when you go to the bathroom you need a double dose of metro gel, if you smell garbage smell just from your urine, the wipes should help. For your breath, brush your teeth especially your tongue and this still dodn't help me but I think the gum is best.
If you smell to the point that your coworkers are holding their nose this means your ph is at the highest point and you need a double dose of metro gel and insert as needed or once a week. If you don't you are just walking around like a mermaid you smell like rotten fish and you have to continue to keep killing the bacteria until can gain control.
If you smell like a mermaid and then take a double dose it's like you crushed the mermaid into a small doll attached to you and now you have to contain the smell.
You should be in tune with your smell and try to limit it as much as possible. Let me know how the coconut oil, zinc and kelp work for you.
Thanks
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