Well, I hope this is truly the friendliest place on the web, because I have a feeling I'm about to ask THE dumbest RV question that's ever been answered. I live in an 8 year old Chateau RV permanently parked in an RV park (I parked it after having a double blowout on the interstate. I can't sell it for nearly what it's worth. I can't afford it and a house too, so I'm just making the best of it.) But I digress. My water comes from the campground water, which makes no one else sick, directly into my RV through the standard white hose (which admittedly has been sitting out in the weather and sun for over a year.) I thought I did not have to worry about bleach and sterilizing the water tank because I'm not using water from the tank.
However, my stomach may have a different opinion. Going to to the doctor is not an option because I have have had massive financial setbacks in the past two years and I am among the great Americans who work hard, pay their taxes and have no medical insurance. I make a little too much for Medicaid; I'm not old enough for Medicare. But I digress again. I've had diarrhea for four months, and I'm really starting to get really, really sick, so weak I can barely function. I'm online trying to diagnose myself and the RV water occurred to me. Is it possible for the hose coming in or the waterlines transporting water to the faucets to be growing some sort of cooties that are making me sick? Do I need to run Clorox through it like I would if I were using water from the water storage tank? I'm thinking Giardia, but my dog drinks the same water and doesn't have diarrhea -- although his poop does smell to high heavens, and it didn't use to.
Thank you,
Carolyn
However, my stomach may have a different opinion. Going to to the doctor is not an option because I have have had massive financial setbacks in the past two years and I am among the great Americans who work hard, pay their taxes and have no medical insurance. I make a little too much for Medicaid; I'm not old enough for Medicare. But I digress again. I've had diarrhea for four months, and I'm really starting to get really, really sick, so weak I can barely function. I'm online trying to diagnose myself and the RV water occurred to me. Is it possible for the hose coming in or the waterlines transporting water to the faucets to be growing some sort of cooties that are making me sick? Do I need to run Clorox through it like I would if I were using water from the water storage tank? I'm thinking Giardia, but my dog drinks the same water and doesn't have diarrhea -- although his poop does smell to high heavens, and it didn't use to.
Thank you,
Carolyn