Please help me so lost and confused
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:45 am
Hello I would like to start off by saying I love this group so much. I’ve been reading this forum for a long time since April 2018 and you guys have given me so much knowledge that I’m so thankful for.
But I’m finally going to post my story. So Im a 27 year old female mother of two ages 3 and 17months old. I got my first positive PCR at the end of March 2018 right after treating bacterial vagnosis with Flagyl 2x. I was on other antibiotics in the past also, but didn’t seem to really have an issue back then. The things I’ve treated in the past are appendicitis h.pylori and removed my gallbladder. But even before I took the Flagyl for the bacterial vagnosis I started noticing symptoms but never knew what Cdiff really was. My symptoms were about 1 or 2 urgent bowel movements with some mucus and a trapped gas feeling in my groin area and acid reflux. So I called my gi and told him what’s been going on also that I also noticed a little weight loss. so he sent me for a X-ray and stool sample for all kinds of things. first the X-ray came back and showed that I was backed up, so i was instructed to do a 2 day liquid diet to clear my colon. 2 days later I get a call saying I was positive for Cdiff by PCR at this time they didn’t do EIA so I only had a positive PCR so we skipped Flagyl because that’s what I was taking before I got this and we did a 2 week Vanco course. I felt scared and was crying everyday bleached everything like you won’t believe. During the 2 weeks I started to have normal formed bowel movements. To be sure I did a colonoscopy 1 month after treatment and was negative for Cdiff great! moved on with my life was happy and all was well I had normal formed bowel movements once a day never felt better. About 3 1/2 months later I took my kids to the park and had a slice of pizza, Instantly i felt different my stomach turned. Then I went to go on the swings with my kids and had to run to the bathroom with cramps and urgency. And ever since then which was August 28 2018 I have been filled with confusion and anxiety. I retested by PCR and was positive but negative by EIA so I had a sigmoidoscopy on 9/19/18 and was negative for Cdiff colitis. but I’m still having symptoms which are different everyday soft stools with some mucus, urgency 1-2 times a day sometimes 3-4 and now cramps in my lower abdomen and lower back I retested again on 11/29/18 and still positive by PCR negative Eia. I’ve seen GI’s Id specialists some tell me to treat and some tell me don’t. I’m so confused and lost and don’t know what to do. I’m so sorry for the long story and apologize if it’s confusing I’ve never posted something this long before and normally I’m a very private person but I would really appreciate all your inputs. Oh I can’t believe I forgot another important factor after all my knowledge from reading on here about Cdiff I started to catch on to my son who is now 17 months old and to his stool habits long story short my son is Cdiff positive but the id specialist advised to not treat and that it’s very normal for kids to be positive and he does not think I caught this from my son he says for some reason babies do not transfer it as easy as adults because if they did then lots of parents would have Cdiff so I took his Advise and he got better with no treatment. I might have forgotten a few things I’m sorry if it’s all confusing again this is my first time writing out my story. Thank you all, especially Roy for all the knowledge you post on here.
But I’m finally going to post my story. So Im a 27 year old female mother of two ages 3 and 17months old. I got my first positive PCR at the end of March 2018 right after treating bacterial vagnosis with Flagyl 2x. I was on other antibiotics in the past also, but didn’t seem to really have an issue back then. The things I’ve treated in the past are appendicitis h.pylori and removed my gallbladder. But even before I took the Flagyl for the bacterial vagnosis I started noticing symptoms but never knew what Cdiff really was. My symptoms were about 1 or 2 urgent bowel movements with some mucus and a trapped gas feeling in my groin area and acid reflux. So I called my gi and told him what’s been going on also that I also noticed a little weight loss. so he sent me for a X-ray and stool sample for all kinds of things. first the X-ray came back and showed that I was backed up, so i was instructed to do a 2 day liquid diet to clear my colon. 2 days later I get a call saying I was positive for Cdiff by PCR at this time they didn’t do EIA so I only had a positive PCR so we skipped Flagyl because that’s what I was taking before I got this and we did a 2 week Vanco course. I felt scared and was crying everyday bleached everything like you won’t believe. During the 2 weeks I started to have normal formed bowel movements. To be sure I did a colonoscopy 1 month after treatment and was negative for Cdiff great! moved on with my life was happy and all was well I had normal formed bowel movements once a day never felt better. About 3 1/2 months later I took my kids to the park and had a slice of pizza, Instantly i felt different my stomach turned. Then I went to go on the swings with my kids and had to run to the bathroom with cramps and urgency. And ever since then which was August 28 2018 I have been filled with confusion and anxiety. I retested by PCR and was positive but negative by EIA so I had a sigmoidoscopy on 9/19/18 and was negative for Cdiff colitis. but I’m still having symptoms which are different everyday soft stools with some mucus, urgency 1-2 times a day sometimes 3-4 and now cramps in my lower abdomen and lower back I retested again on 11/29/18 and still positive by PCR negative Eia. I’ve seen GI’s Id specialists some tell me to treat and some tell me don’t. I’m so confused and lost and don’t know what to do. I’m so sorry for the long story and apologize if it’s confusing I’ve never posted something this long before and normally I’m a very private person but I would really appreciate all your inputs. Oh I can’t believe I forgot another important factor after all my knowledge from reading on here about Cdiff I started to catch on to my son who is now 17 months old and to his stool habits long story short my son is Cdiff positive but the id specialist advised to not treat and that it’s very normal for kids to be positive and he does not think I caught this from my son he says for some reason babies do not transfer it as easy as adults because if they did then lots of parents would have Cdiff so I took his Advise and he got better with no treatment. I might have forgotten a few things I’m sorry if it’s all confusing again this is my first time writing out my story. Thank you all, especially Roy for all the knowledge you post on here.