C-Diff question

LosingSally
on 12/5/11 10:02 am
I recently went through over 2 months of diarrhea, with nothing working to even slow it down. Fiber, Imodium, Pepto, probiotics, all failed me.
I got a prescription for Flagyl, took it for 14 days, and had extreme diarrhea the entire time. The doc said don't stop, did bloodwork, said i was hydrated enough.
When the 14 days were over, and no more Flagyl, I haven't had anymore diarrhea.
So...I guess I did have C-diff, even though the culture came back negative?
No idea what's up, wondering about anyone else's experience.
I'm 6 years out with RNY pouch, and 200cm common channel, slightly longer than a DS but it's working for me.
Thanks for any input.
Miss Liss
on 12/1/11 12:34 am
It could have been any number of bacteria that invade our guts, and Flagyl works on many of them.  Glad you feel better.  I started taking 2 different brands of probiotics back in April of this year after some issues with bacteria, and they have done wonders for me. 
BeautifulCajun
on 12/1/11 1:21 am - Evangeline , LA
o geese!!! I bet your stomach is sore! Hope you feel better!
    
MsBatt
on 12/5/11 11:30 pm
Thankfully, NO personal experience here, but---it's my understanding that C. diff requires in-hospital, intravenous antibiotics for about ten days. I suspect you didn't have C. diff. That's not saying you didn't have a really bad in-gut bug---I just don't think it was C. diff.
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