Suffering and just found this site

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pinkangel
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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby pinkangel » Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:41 pm

Megan I would get an ID doc and GI. Most of us take the Vanco or flagyl at home and they admit us if we start going downhill fast. I was admitted many times for very high WBC and bad watery D. I would call around and find docs today so you can be prepared if you need help. You do not want to have to go to er to keep treating this.

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby Bobbie » Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:16 pm

Definitely see a GI or an ID. We have posters who use either or both. Vanco. should be "kicking in" by now and you should feel better. Ask your internist for a referral to a specialist now as it is almost the end of the week. If he/she doesn't have any ideas, check the Doctors Forum or call a local hospital and ask for some names. You can also rate a doctor on the Internet. Think it's called "Health Grade." Google for it.

Sorry we overlooked your post for awhile. Sometimes we have so many new posters at once, this happens. Always post back if you don't hear from one us in a couple of days.

I'm impressed you have read a lot of the site and glad it was helpful.

Best wishes and let us know how you are doing.

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby megan2 » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:40 pm

Thank you for your advice. I found a doctor to treat me today . He is a gi doctor. He told me to stay on the vanco 125 for 2 weeks then do a 2 week taper of one pill a day. My insides feel like they are burning me . He says that colon ulcers heal in a few days or so. I am hoping this pain goes away. Someone in another thread mentioned a heating pad which did help me a lot. I am just so sad .. why me.. If I recover from this I will appreaciate life more. I am so happy to have found this board so I know I am not alone. People just don't understand and think this is nothing.

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby roy » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:12 pm

You WILL recover!!
By now you should be improving.
Getting vanco as the first treatment is brilliant!
That's a strange and low taper but to get it as the first treatment is rare! and probably better than stopping cold turkey
I would guess that 8 to 9 out of 10 would recover on 1st treatment if their Dr prescribed like that!

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby megan2 » Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:18 pm

The doctor that I got to finally treat me is a chief of gastro at a major NY hospital. I am happy I found him. The slow tapper will maybe kill them all !!!

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby Bobbie » Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:08 am

Good for you for being proactive. Get well!

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby megan2 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:19 pm

the bad news is I am 4 days on vanco and my stools still are not solid and I am very worried

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby beth22 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:22 pm

I got vanco as a first treatment too.

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby seekingcure » Sat Dec 13, 2014 2:25 am

My stools were mushy almost the entire time I was on Vanco. If you are generally feeling better and not having watery diarrhea any more, then I think you are on the right track. Hang in there.
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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby beth22 » Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:26 am

My stools got looser with vanco. If I remember right, I added a probiotic and then things started to improve. I also had to stop eating yogurt as I became lactose intolerant.

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby getwellsoon » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:29 am

Also had mushy stool for months after Vanco so don't let that worry you. Let us know how you do.
CAROL

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby megan2 » Sat Dec 13, 2014 1:50 pm

I have also read about hearing problems from vanco. Has anyone had any isssues with hearing or ringing in ears? I so much appreciate all your support here . It is doing a lot for me

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby Bobbie » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:37 pm

Hearing loss and kidney damage are usually linked to IV Vanco - Not oral Vanco. I've been on both for extended time without a problem.

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby beth22 » Sun Dec 14, 2014 4:08 am

I got more ringing while on vanco, but I had ringing before and still have it. It was a little worse on vanco, but when I stopped it got better again. I think many meds can do this - even aspirin.

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Re: Suffering and just found this site

Postby Janine » Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:25 pm

I don't know if your still on this forum but I was recently diagnose with C diff and am on my 4th dose of Flagyl I want to talk to someone but don't know what forum to go on I look forward to hearing from you.


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