For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

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For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby Aurora88 » Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:49 pm

Hi there,
I've been "recovered" or you could say "cured" of my C diff infection for about... 7 months now. In general I have made great strides in recovery, and can eat most things again and not worry so much. I'm back to a regular schedule of about 1x a day, maybe every other day, to maybe 2x a day.
However C diff really was a pain and so while I'm...a good 95% or so back to my old self, I'm curious to see if anyone else here has run into a similar situation after healing.

First one was fissures. I developed that and extreme itching that lasted for months before finally my doctors helped me get it under control. All that trauma of repeated D and excessive wiping did damage it seems. Even now I still have a mild case of fissures and I wonder if that will ever go away.

Second is I just can't seem to return to my pre-C diff styled bm. I have to wipe 50X and rely heavily on wet wipes, especially with the fissures still looming. Every once in a blue moon I don't need them and its worth celebrating. Its well formed, but quite long and doesn't really properly terminate most times, leading to a clean up mess. I tend to fluctuate between real messes and almost my old self normal. Is this just continued healing? Or did anyone else experience this and call it a new normal? Did you find anything helped you to fix it? In general I still eat healthy and try to avoid dairy (though I can do harder cheeses and yogurt just fine I find) and avoid greasy, fried, or heavily processed foods, and only have a little bit of wine every other month or so. I'm just afraid I'm going to be relying on wetwipes forever!

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby ResearchGrandma » Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:56 pm

For me, more than 4 years past, my BMs have stayed more frequent and soft. I keep bottles of witch hazel handy in the bathroom, and use the witch hazel with regular toilet paper instead of wet wipes.

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby OCmama » Tue Jun 27, 2017 11:08 pm

Aurora88, I am right there with you :-/ I was diagnosed November, finished Dificid mid-December, still having problems with fissures and pretty much everything you mentioned.

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby Musings » Wed Jun 28, 2017 3:20 pm

In a similar boat and have been cured since mid-December so just over 6 months and only in the last 2-3 weeks have I consistently been going around once a day but my movements are also softer and "stickier" then they were pre-c.diff. While I find it annoying, just count my blessings that it is not c.diff and just deal with it and move on. I might return to full normal, eventually, but if not that's fine too.

~Lauren

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby Aurora88 » Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:52 pm

Good to know I'm not alone. Thanks for the replies, I hope we do return to normal and yes, I am thankful that its not C diff!

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby kmjack » Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:49 am

Mine is still not normal. Caught it in May and went through two rounds of flagyl. Still getting some normal stool once or twice a day and then also days that it is just mucus. Still thinking it is normal and my doctor is just guessing it it ibs.

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby amyc » Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:40 am

Metamucil capsules help. You can order them from Amazon. Start with one per day or one, twice a day. The bottle recommends taking several, but that caused major gas for me, and one or two per day was all it took.

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby Aurora88 » Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:44 pm

Thanks I will try the metamucil and see how that goes. And kmjack, the first 3 months or so into recovery I had what you had. Any little amount of sugar or fat would result in a lot of M and sometimes normal stool. It eventually went away and the dr said it was normal for healing. I guess your colon is just super fragile and easily irritated during that initial recovery time. If you dont like the M, just eat super healthy and carefully.

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby Acres » Wed Jul 12, 2017 6:55 pm

I developed a fissure and I used Manuka honey and a prescription compound ointment from my GI that does not induce headaches...After about a month my fissure was healed....I am still careful and use the Manuka honey if I feel any pain during a bathroom visit...
Scott

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby Acres » Wed Jul 12, 2017 6:59 pm

Sorry..... I forgot to mention I also started to eat ground flax seed to soften my stools.....It sure worked....A 2nd benefit has been that my stools have become consistently "normal" and have been ever since.....
Scott

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby NanciT » Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:34 am

I will second the Manuka Honey, I did a lot of research on it and it has worked for me. Make sure to get UMF 15+ from New Zealand if you try it

NanciT

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Re: For those of you who recovered, question about returning to normal function

Postby Aurora88 » Thu Jul 13, 2017 11:05 am

Thank you! And I do like flaxseed so thats a win win!


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