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Horrible fatigue. Day 8 of vanco, on 3rd reoccurrence in 12 years.
Just. So. Tired.
I think I developed a magnesium deficiency because I was getting a lot of twitching. Took mag glycine for a few days and that has improved a lot. Just this oppressive fatigue now. And brain fog.
Anyone else have fatigue even after poo went back to mostly normal?
brutal fatigue
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Re: brutal fatigue
I did. I thought it was from the vanco, but I don't really know. Any severe infection can do that to the body I guess. It finally went away. I have had it after other illnesses too.
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Re: brutal fatigue
I continued to have severe fatigue while on a Vanco taper, ended up in the ED and had very low Potassium. It can be a side effect of Vanco.
Ask your MD to get electrolytes checked , that could be the issue.
Hope you feel better soon
NanciT
Ask your MD to get electrolytes checked , that could be the issue.
Hope you feel better soon
NanciT
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Re: brutal fatigue
It might be worth checking your vit. D levels. There's a correlation between CDI and low vit. D and feeling wiped out can be a symptom of deficiency. Also, the immune system cannot work properly without adequate levels of vit. D, so while ill with c.diff. it might be worth supplementing anyway.
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Re: brutal fatigue
Thanks for the advice, suggestions, & empathy! (3chamer here, posting under my original name on the board)
My vit D is normal. I will ask my doctor when I see him on Monday.
As an aside, I have included two or three 5 oz cups of Kefir every day since the D went away. I take them 2 hours after vanco. I really think the kefir has helped my recovery a lot. I saw this advice on the board and tried it!
My vit D is normal. I will ask my doctor when I see him on Monday.
As an aside, I have included two or three 5 oz cups of Kefir every day since the D went away. I take them 2 hours after vanco. I really think the kefir has helped my recovery a lot. I saw this advice on the board and tried it!
2010 mod/sev w/leukocytosis, cefdenir-sinus inf, metro rx'd wrong, resurged during tx. recovered w/dose change, lost 40 lbs. 2015 mod recur fr SNF, no abx, resolved w/vanco. 7/2022 mod recur, community acq, no abx, intermittent prodrome but didn't realize
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There was a study done years ago that showed fewer people relapsed who took Kefir along with vanco. It is posted here somewhere. I believe it was a European study.
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Re: brutal fatigue
I had Covid last August - a year ago. Am still tired but am older than dirt.
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Long covid. Covid is always a crap shoot no matter how old you are. I hope you feel better soon, Bobbie. Fatigue is very difficult to cope with.
My c diff fatigue is better now! I have been fortunate to have avoided covid thus far but I live like a monk in order to do it. :'(
My c diff fatigue is better now! I have been fortunate to have avoided covid thus far but I live like a monk in order to do it. :'(
2010 mod/sev w/leukocytosis, cefdenir-sinus inf, metro rx'd wrong, resurged during tx. recovered w/dose change, lost 40 lbs. 2015 mod recur fr SNF, no abx, resolved w/vanco. 7/2022 mod recur, community acq, no abx, intermittent prodrome but didn't realize
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Re: brutal fatigue
Bobbie wrote:
> I had Covid last August - a year ago. Am still tired but am older than
> dirt.
Same here, on my second week of covid. Also got diagnosed with c diff the day before getting it. Been fighting for two weeks against these two issues. My first time with c diff. I almost never get tired during the day. But I'm 60 nd feel my immune system isn't what it once was.
> I had Covid last August - a year ago. Am still tired but am older than
> dirt.
Same here, on my second week of covid. Also got diagnosed with c diff the day before getting it. Been fighting for two weeks against these two issues. My first time with c diff. I almost never get tired during the day. But I'm 60 nd feel my immune system isn't what it once was.
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