Update / deep breath

[ColeB]

I’m far from out of the woods, but I wanted to share an update for other people in the precious several week window post vanco/antibiotics

Timeline
-diagnoses end of December
- 10 day vanco
-7 days post vanco had phenomenal BMs- best ever even before c dif
- day 8 3 loose BMs
- day 9 around 7 loose BMs with mucus

At this point I became slightly depressed. I was FOR SURE I was relapsing. I even called in to my Dr to fill the vanco taper which he did. However, due to this site I decided to wait as I wasn’t having true WD or even D. Day 10 I had around 4 BMs, day 11 two BMs and since then just 1 or 2. Still definitely not solid, but semi formed. My stomach also seems quite a bit calmer.

One thing I did change was dropping my S Boulardii (Florastor) from 1.5G to 500mg a day (6 pills to 2) which seems odd it would cause 5+ loose stools considering it usually causes constipation if anything. Not saying that’s what’s helped, just saying.

As I said earlier, I’m far from out of the woods but if it wasn’t for this site I would be taking my next round of vanco right now. I hope I continue to progress. This Thursday will be 2 weeks post vanco

This AM I was about 70% formed with decent amount of mucus. I’ll take it

For those of you who just finished antibiotics, I know you’re walking on eggshells hyper alert. If things aren’t completely normal stay calm, and trust the 3 day / 3 WD rule

[MeliMel]

ColeB,
Glad to see your symptoms have been improving! This Tuesday marked 2 weeks since finishing my last Dificid treatment. I actually started having some mucus yesterday. Just like you, I am once again waiting it out to see how things go. Gotta love this part! So far mucus has decreased in comparison to yesterday. Staying hopeful.

[beth22]

Not everyone gets C from Florastor. I got much looser stools. I stopped taking it because it made me feel worse instead of better and also got a rash from it.