Hi! New here! Pain on last day of Flagyl

[allijm]

Hi all! I have recently been diagnosed with C. diff. I am on my last day of Flagyl and the pain and cramping is back! I've had a pretty okay time on flagyl so far with no pain or major side effects. However, I woke up today and it's as bad as ever. I'm hoping the antibiotics worked, and I'm nervous because it is the last day. Below I'm going to write a little bit of background on my story:

I am a 20 year old female, in september 2017 I had to go to the hospital because of extreme pain in my stomach/intestinal area and a large buldge in my lower abdomen. No doctors could figure it out, they just wrote it off as some type of virus. For the next 4 months I suffered on and off pain, usually brought about stress. I am a college student, so I'm stressed often. My dad has Crohn's Disease, which is genetically heritable so I was beginning to think it was the start of my symptoms. I made an appointment with a GI and he decided to run a stool test. The results came back that I was positive for C.diff, and I've been on Flagyl for the past 2 weeks. As stated above, I'm scared that the antibiotics may not have worked, or that maybe these are also symptoms of Crohns. Not sure where to go from here, my follow up appointment with my GI isn't for another month. Thank you for reading

[NanciT]

Hello and Welcome to the site Please read the first thread for all new posters

If you complete the Flagyl and symptoms return, call your GI and ask to come in sooner. It can take time to heal but in your case your initial issues went without a specific diagnosis before CDIFF. It sounds like you are also concerned about family history and the issue you had before CDIFF. I would not wait a month if any of your symptoms continue.

Sorry you had to find us, hope you feel better soon
NanciT

[georgina]

A calprotectin test would help diagnose Crohn , is a stool test , very easy to do and is a alternative to the painful colonoscopy.