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Bladder and Bowel Preparation for prostate radiation
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Hi... I might have had one pill of antibiotics prescribed pre-biopsy, not sure. But that was 2 months before the symptoms started. But, I had C Diff once before, decades ago, and my gut never recovered. It went untreated for 8 months of disabling sickness (I was working full time but had to half time or more from home due to it). Finally, they gave me two courses of Flagyl and it went away. The gut damage never did get better.
So yeah, Bad sh*t indeed (pun intended)!
I notified my oncology team as soon as I got the test results. It just means the radiation therapists wear PPE (waterproof gown, gloves) when I come in. I have 3 treatments that way already. I'm also practicing good hand hygiene - you have to wash well with real soap.
I think Mayo was one of the pioneers in fecal transplants. I hope we don't get that far.
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About 20 years ago my wife had a problem with C-Diff after taking clindamycin that a dentist had prescribed. It got so bad that she was headed for colon surgery if things didn't improve. No antibiotics worked. I did some research and discovered a probiotic called Culturelle(R) I was able to find it in only one pharmacy in downtown Portland, a city where I worked at the time. This turned her around and, in my opinion, saved her life. We have been taking Culturelle ever since, especially when we travel and after dining out. Once in a great while, when Culturelle doesn't quite fix an intestinal "problem," we use Florastor(R), a probiotic known for its ability to combat C-Diff.