Surgery after cdiff

Please limit your post to questions only. You can ask multiple questions in the post. (One post per person per day about yourself. See exception in General C. diff.Discussion.)
juweee
New User
Posts: 28
Joined: Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:26 pm

Re: Surgery after cdiff

Postby juweee » Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:06 am

I just wanted to give a quick update on my surgery in case anyone comes across this thread for reference.

I am two weeks post-op from laparoscopic appendectomy, and so far knock on wood everything is going well.

Quick history, I was on antibiotics for 8 weeks (+ vanco) to keep treat infection to cecum and appendix from peritonitis. Then I had a colonoscopy, and appendectomy 2.5 weeks later. The whole time I took probiotics which I listed in another thread:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19777

I received one dose of IV antibiotics during the surgery (doc was insistent that the benefits outweighed the risk of a single dose), and although I had a bottle of vanco handy in case of relapse, doc did not want me to take prophylactically.

My entire episode was perhaps unusual, considering the long antibiotic treatment I received, and the risk of colonoscopy + surgery so close to my cdiff infection (7/7/14), but I wanted to share my short term outcome so far, in case anyone is faced with similar difficult decision.

beth22
Long Time Contributor
Posts: 10852
Joined: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:23 pm

Re: Surgery after cdiff

Postby beth22 » Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:23 pm

Thanks for sharing and I hope that you continue to heal. Glad the surgery went well.

Lisa33
Long Time Contributor
Posts: 2430
Joined: Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:45 pm

Re: Surgery after cdiff

Postby Lisa33 » Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:34 am

So glad the surgery went well for you. It sounds like you are recovering just fine. Thank you for sharing!


Return to “Questions about Clostridium difficile”



Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 31 guests