stainless toilet seat?

Hello everyone,

the stains from colozal and rowasa stuff can be cleaned off the porcelain if you get at them immediately.. I've made it a habit just to wash off the toilet seat after every time I go.

Hey Seahorse....I saw that set up at a casino in CT and thought it was great. I'd love to know what something like that would cost. I'm sure in the long run just cheaper to get toilet seats.

We all need to put our heads together and come up with an invention, coating or cleaner that would not allow this to happen....lol.

In addition to the meds I think the acidic properties in the D probably adds to the caustic backsplash. The plastic toilet seats are easier to keep up with than the wooden ones I have found. We had a nice plush cushiony one - that didn't work out all that well stain wise so I didn't go back to that type.

Stainless would get kind of cold I would imagine if you could find one like that.

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60 yr old male~Colitis 1st diagnosed Jan '05-cleared up within a few wks. Flared again in May '06 ... left sided UC now, fully involved and trying to get in remission. Acute inflammation-pancolitis-tenesmus rectal pain-granulation is showing some healing started. Osteopena of spine from prednisone DX 8/07  July 07 good days & bad days 75mg Imuran 40  mg prednisone (tapering 8/07) 12 Asacol, Lidocaine Hydrochloride Jelly 2%,multi vitamin, iron 3X day, DanActive, chewable calcium, Prilosec 20mg, enalapril 10mg, glipizide 5 mg, zocor 20 mg, baby aspirin, (Fentanyl pain patch 50mg 72 hrs  Morphine Sulf 15 mg twice daily)Colocourt enemas at night. Fosamax and mthly B12 shots folic acid 1mg

What about buying a black or purple toilet and seat? Just change your bathroom to a little more of a retro look.

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Just diagnosed Aug. 14/07

I have tried everything to get rid of those stains! Even steel wool didn't work for me. So, I am relegated to using only one bathroom in the house - the master bathroom. I don't use the guest bath downstairs or the guest bath upstairs. Our master bath seat looks absolutely disgusting, but thankfully, my husband knows it's clean, just stained, and he doesn't mind. :)

Thanks so much for all your responses. At least I know I'm not alone!

You guys are the best.

I think I'm off to buy new plastic seats and I'll just try to limit myself to using the master bath. But hey, if someone ever gets around to inventing the stain-proof seat, let me know! You'd make a killing in this forum alone!

P. S. I laughed at the "retro" look idea - thanks for cheering me up, too!

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Denise ~ Richmond, VA

I had this problem when I started flaring.  At the time we had the wooden toilet seats.  They are not the way to go.  They stained so easily and I scrubbed so hard that eventually the paint started coming off.  We replaced them with plastic and it so much better.  I also keep a tub of Clorox or Lysol wipes on the back of each toilet and wipe it down after every bad "episode".  that has worked out well.  My seats are white and I've had them several months now with no stains - and believe me I've given them a run for their money! 

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Try going in the toilet and not on the toilet? I imagine, Harpo, that they are talking about the BACK SIDE of the toilet seat, the one that gentlemen see when they use the facilities to urinate. When you have explosive diarrhea and/or you flush, you can splash the staining enema material back up against the down-in-place toilet seat.

My mom was visiting over Labor Day and my toilet seat is now stained. I wouldn't have thought of it or noticed it because there is no male in this house until a visitor of a young age used the facilities and the seat was up when I came into the room afterwards. It isn't bad staining, and I certainly don't blame my mom or anything stupid like that, but it is annoying that that happened in my fairly newly redone bathroom on the main floor. :-(

Unless you're a male or you're the one scrubbing the toilet, you probably aren't even aware of it.

Mitz

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Sporadic proctitis since about 1985. Mother had UC, then J-pouch surgery 1983.
DX'd with clostridium difficile in 2000. Prednisone, two courses of Flagyl, then Vancomycin finally got rid of it. Symptomatic with UC after that.
Colonoscopy in 2001 dx'd left-sided UC. Was pretty darn ill at that time. Treated with prednisone, Rowasa, Asacol. Asacol not working so switched to Imuran. Three small flares since in 2002, 2005, and 2007.
Gall bladder attack 6/13; ultrasound showed stones; surgery before end of 2007.
100 mg Azathioprine and 225 mg Effexor XR (for chronic, longstanding depression) daily.

Sorry if this comes up twice.  I'm having some typing problems.