Please Help!!!

[MeliMel]

Each time I had the Salmonella by the time the results came in I was already starting to feel somewhat better. I do have D although it's not numerous times a day. When I do BM it's either mush or D. Sorry for the TMI. I wrote my PCP asking her to contact me but so far no luck. So hard knowing the right thing to do.

[roy]

I would compare it to taking a pain killer today because you had a headache last week!

[MeliMel]

Good point! Hate when doctors prescribe prior to there even being results.

[beth22]

I know people who had salmonella and their doctors said to not treat. I think it goes away on its own in most cases, so unless the person's immune system is compromised or has other issues, or perhaps has a bad case, it is not treated with antibiotics.

[MeliMel]

The first time I got Salmonella I swear I was starting to feel better by the time my PCP started me on Levaquin the first time. I just don't want to take a ZPack if not needed. I already feel bad enough with only 2 days left of Vanco. Eating is still difficult. I tried the Plant Based Ensure last night so far my stomach seems to take it down well. Food on the other hand not so much. I have gotten thin and quickly.

[georgina]

A long time ago , i too had Salmonella. I rememeber that i had two days of vomiting and WD several times per day. By the third day , when the culture results came back , i was already starting to feel better . Even though i was given a prescription for Ciprofloxacin , i decided that i will not take and just keep a very bland diet and a take a binding agent (Diosmectite , don't know if you have that there) , and i was right , after those three days it went away on it's own.

[MeliMel]

Well! All of my stool tests came back from ER, retest for Salmonella and a few other bacterias were Negative. So glad I didn't take that ZPack! I took my last Vanco this afternoon and am feeling nervous for what's to come.

[beth22]

Hopefully a return to good health will come. You might want to continue probiotics for a while.

[MeliMel]

Do you suggest double dosing on the probiotics?

[AllisS]

A double dose of probiotics is more likely to worsen GI symptoms than it is to help with them. I'd stick with your usual dose.

[MeliMel]

Ah okay! Since my last Vanco I have noticed the stomach pain has lessened (knock on wood). Still not having formed stools, but I didn't throughout Vanco treatment. TMI but it's like mush that falls to the bottle of the toilet. Difficult to look at due to the bit of colored water.

[Caligirl]

How have the last few days gone? I hope that your body is recovering well!

[MeliMel]

Everything seemed to have been going well! Yesterday as well as the day before my BM started to form more and more. Was having a BM 3-5 times a day but soft formations. Last night brought some nausea. My stomach made noises throughout the night and minor aches that has continued. I've only had 1 BM so far today and it wasn't much, barely formed. Kinda nervous, this was how I felt in the beginning of CDiff. My experience was a little different as I mostly had constipation.