NEW! PLEASE HELP!
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 6:29 pm
Hi all. Let me try to start from the beginning.
In December 2017, a week before Christmas, I took a fluroquinolone anti biotic known as Levaquin. Little did I know that Levaquin can cause pro longed physical and mental side effects for months and months with new symptoms coming out of nowhere. I was 27 technically at the time. Turned 28 two months ago non January 12th. Happy birthday to me. Don’t know if it was that that did this to me, the tamiflu, the actual flu, something I caught at urgent care, or a combination.
My gi was fine for the following month and a half, and then my dad got the flu. Supposedly, he did not know what strain only that the doctor told him it was a mild case. I’m over their house often and the doctor recommended my mom and I go on Tamiflu for “preventative measures” for ten days. Neither one of us had the flu at this point, but supposedly taking it preventatively is a thing.
On day 6 of 10 I couldn’t take it anymore. The crap was making me so nauseous I quit taking it. Then I got flu like symptoms. Figures. Had diarrhea multiple times. Went to urgent care and got diagnosed with influenza b.
About two days into the flu my respiratory systems stopped, but all the sudden my stomach was having a hard time digesting food. I could hear and feel my stomach gurgle and bubble every time I ate something. I had localized pain just to the upper mid left above my belly button that felt like a bruise when I pressed down on it. I had on and off fatigue and nausea but never once vomited. Never had bloody diarrhea. Went maybe 2-3 times a day and that was it. Sometimes it’s come solidish, other times fluffy pieces, or other times straight liquid. It was a mixed bag. Even appetite was never completely gone.
Went to gastro and took a stool test. At this point I was actually starting to feel like my symptoms were letting up, I thought my symptoms were more due to the aftermath of the flu. But then they called and said I had c diff and put me on a 14 day round of vanco four times a day. Also took Walgreens brand saccharomyces Boulardii twice a day with it.
My stools were again a mixed bag but I’d always wake up farting excessively. Louder, longer, and harder than I ever knew a human being was capable of. Finished off the last of the vanco Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning (330 AM).
Immediately started taking VSL probiotics 2-3 times a day, along with the Walgreens probiotic. My stool at first seemed pretty solid. Brown. Just like God intened poop to be. But then late yesterday my poop started getting more fluffy looking. Then today I went a second time and it was pretty much light fluffy pieces with some liquid. Still brown.
Don’t know also if those can be from supplements. I’m taking a lot for my fluroquinolone toxicity. Magnesium, methyl b-12, one a day men’s, coq10, colostrum, the pro biotics, etc. Could that be part of it?
The first time I had a BM today my stool was looser, but still solidish. Saw undigested spaghetti in there. Then a little while ago had the diarrhea. I’m also farting and belching everything I eat. Even just an apple or banana. Also have excessive farting when I wake up in the morning.
Appetite is still a mixed bag. I feel like eating, but it makes me nervous and gives me anxiety. I started with home made chicken soup and saltines, had plain beef cutlets with mashed potatoes and gravy, worked my way up to pasta with tomato sauce, meatballs. Smacked on a few potato chips and pretzels, with bananas and apples in between. Usually have Ocean Spray Cranapple juice to drink, but also have fruit punch Gatorade and Poland Sprin bottle water. That’s it. That’s all I’ve drank in the last two and a half weeks.
Is having diarrhea post c diff normal? Especially if I’ve already had regular stools just yesterday? Excessive gas? Am I relapsing? Can anyone please give me some guidance? I’m so scared and these last three months have been the worst of my life.
In December 2017, a week before Christmas, I took a fluroquinolone anti biotic known as Levaquin. Little did I know that Levaquin can cause pro longed physical and mental side effects for months and months with new symptoms coming out of nowhere. I was 27 technically at the time. Turned 28 two months ago non January 12th. Happy birthday to me. Don’t know if it was that that did this to me, the tamiflu, the actual flu, something I caught at urgent care, or a combination.
My gi was fine for the following month and a half, and then my dad got the flu. Supposedly, he did not know what strain only that the doctor told him it was a mild case. I’m over their house often and the doctor recommended my mom and I go on Tamiflu for “preventative measures” for ten days. Neither one of us had the flu at this point, but supposedly taking it preventatively is a thing.
On day 6 of 10 I couldn’t take it anymore. The crap was making me so nauseous I quit taking it. Then I got flu like symptoms. Figures. Had diarrhea multiple times. Went to urgent care and got diagnosed with influenza b.
About two days into the flu my respiratory systems stopped, but all the sudden my stomach was having a hard time digesting food. I could hear and feel my stomach gurgle and bubble every time I ate something. I had localized pain just to the upper mid left above my belly button that felt like a bruise when I pressed down on it. I had on and off fatigue and nausea but never once vomited. Never had bloody diarrhea. Went maybe 2-3 times a day and that was it. Sometimes it’s come solidish, other times fluffy pieces, or other times straight liquid. It was a mixed bag. Even appetite was never completely gone.
Went to gastro and took a stool test. At this point I was actually starting to feel like my symptoms were letting up, I thought my symptoms were more due to the aftermath of the flu. But then they called and said I had c diff and put me on a 14 day round of vanco four times a day. Also took Walgreens brand saccharomyces Boulardii twice a day with it.
My stools were again a mixed bag but I’d always wake up farting excessively. Louder, longer, and harder than I ever knew a human being was capable of. Finished off the last of the vanco Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning (330 AM).
Immediately started taking VSL probiotics 2-3 times a day, along with the Walgreens probiotic. My stool at first seemed pretty solid. Brown. Just like God intened poop to be. But then late yesterday my poop started getting more fluffy looking. Then today I went a second time and it was pretty much light fluffy pieces with some liquid. Still brown.
Don’t know also if those can be from supplements. I’m taking a lot for my fluroquinolone toxicity. Magnesium, methyl b-12, one a day men’s, coq10, colostrum, the pro biotics, etc. Could that be part of it?
The first time I had a BM today my stool was looser, but still solidish. Saw undigested spaghetti in there. Then a little while ago had the diarrhea. I’m also farting and belching everything I eat. Even just an apple or banana. Also have excessive farting when I wake up in the morning.
Appetite is still a mixed bag. I feel like eating, but it makes me nervous and gives me anxiety. I started with home made chicken soup and saltines, had plain beef cutlets with mashed potatoes and gravy, worked my way up to pasta with tomato sauce, meatballs. Smacked on a few potato chips and pretzels, with bananas and apples in between. Usually have Ocean Spray Cranapple juice to drink, but also have fruit punch Gatorade and Poland Sprin bottle water. That’s it. That’s all I’ve drank in the last two and a half weeks.
Is having diarrhea post c diff normal? Especially if I’ve already had regular stools just yesterday? Excessive gas? Am I relapsing? Can anyone please give me some guidance? I’m so scared and these last three months have been the worst of my life.