I’m back again, with questions :(
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:31 pm
Hi all,
I’m sad to say I am back again, six years later with recurrent c diff. Last time I posted I was under a different user name and I wish I could find my old posts to look back on. I think my user name was studentnurse?
Anyway, six years ago I was a student nurse who contracted c diff from unnecessary antibiotics and I was sick for over a year. Multiple failed attempts of tapers of vanc and flagyl. I went from 125 to 89 pounds and developed horrible anxiety (my first symptom). What finally worked was difficid. It took almost a year after that to gain a healthy weight and get back to normal life. Surprisingly most of my anxiety went away when the diff did.
Fast forward six years... I’ve finished NP school and got married and had my beautiful baby boy 3 months ago. I ended up in a stat c section and was given antibiotics. I didn’t think it was a big deal, being c diff free for 6 years and not using an antibiotic in that time period.
Around 2 months post partum, the anxiety started. The same fears I had when I was sick with c diff the first time. Scared I was going to die and not be able to see my beautiful son grow. Diarrhea started as well, nausea, no appetite and then pounds fell off in a couple weeks. I went into my PCPs office and thank God she decided to do a stool culture because I told her the only time I felt this way was when I had c diff. It came back positive.
She gave me a round of vanc and then followed with macrobid for a UTI. I got in with my GI who said let’s wait and see if the diarrhea comes back before treating further. I still have no appetite but the nausea is gone and I have bms that are too solid to be tested according to my GI they have to be liquid. (??). I am still anxious but it is less. For some reason, I just don’t feel like it’s gone.
My questions... any suggestions on what to do from here? I made an appointment in Houston with a GI who does FMT so that’s an option if I have 2 positive cultures in one year. Difficid again?? I guess I’m feeling hopeless and reaching out to you all as I did before for some hope.
I’m terrified about the future. I’m terrified this will kill me. It’s ruined the last month I had off work to be with my baby boy and I was told to stop breastfeeding when I started the antibiotics so that was difficult as well.
Thank you for this wonderful community of support,
Megan
I’m sad to say I am back again, six years later with recurrent c diff. Last time I posted I was under a different user name and I wish I could find my old posts to look back on. I think my user name was studentnurse?
Anyway, six years ago I was a student nurse who contracted c diff from unnecessary antibiotics and I was sick for over a year. Multiple failed attempts of tapers of vanc and flagyl. I went from 125 to 89 pounds and developed horrible anxiety (my first symptom). What finally worked was difficid. It took almost a year after that to gain a healthy weight and get back to normal life. Surprisingly most of my anxiety went away when the diff did.
Fast forward six years... I’ve finished NP school and got married and had my beautiful baby boy 3 months ago. I ended up in a stat c section and was given antibiotics. I didn’t think it was a big deal, being c diff free for 6 years and not using an antibiotic in that time period.
Around 2 months post partum, the anxiety started. The same fears I had when I was sick with c diff the first time. Scared I was going to die and not be able to see my beautiful son grow. Diarrhea started as well, nausea, no appetite and then pounds fell off in a couple weeks. I went into my PCPs office and thank God she decided to do a stool culture because I told her the only time I felt this way was when I had c diff. It came back positive.
She gave me a round of vanc and then followed with macrobid for a UTI. I got in with my GI who said let’s wait and see if the diarrhea comes back before treating further. I still have no appetite but the nausea is gone and I have bms that are too solid to be tested according to my GI they have to be liquid. (??). I am still anxious but it is less. For some reason, I just don’t feel like it’s gone.
My questions... any suggestions on what to do from here? I made an appointment in Houston with a GI who does FMT so that’s an option if I have 2 positive cultures in one year. Difficid again?? I guess I’m feeling hopeless and reaching out to you all as I did before for some hope.
I’m terrified about the future. I’m terrified this will kill me. It’s ruined the last month I had off work to be with my baby boy and I was told to stop breastfeeding when I started the antibiotics so that was difficult as well.
Thank you for this wonderful community of support,
Megan