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C Diff issues after completing antibioitcs

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I would ask to be tested again to make sure the C. Diff is no longer an issue. (I also experienced the phenomena of frequent bathroom visits during the day, but a blessed reprieve at night while I slept. )Between the antibiotics and c diff toxins, my microbiome and gut lining was shot. I continued to have diarrhea, couldn’t eat and was dropping weight until a doctor told me to take a specific probiotic called ProBioMed 250 by Designs for Health (designsforhealth.com). It’s pricey, but worth it - within a couple days I noticed a remarkable difference. I was told to take it for 4-6 weeks and to stop if I got constipated. Within a month I saw a gastro doc who specializes in C Diff who said the ProBioMed was good, but wanted me to replace with Visbiome 112.5 and Florastor. He said I would be much improved within a couple weeks. He was correct. Another great improvement. However…the damage to the lining of my gut resulted in post-infectious IBS. Eating food on the FODMAP diet allowed me to eat safe foods and allowed my gut lining to start to heal. After a couple of months I was able to slowly re-introduce non-FODMAP foods. After a while I consulted with the C Diff Queen, gastro doc Dr. Sabine Hazan - progenaBiome.com - (read her book “Let’s Talk Sh!t”) and have been on her protocol for a few months. The infection and antibiotics destroyed my microbiome which resulted in terrible dysbiosis (sp?) which we are working on to correct. When you are able, food you need to include are yogurts, sauerkraut (refrigerated, not heated organic raw fermented), all the fermented foods.

All the best, please let us know how you are doing.

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Wow! Thank you so much. I like you only get a reprieve while sleeping. I will try the probiotic you suggested ans see if there is an improvement and I will talk to my doctor about a retest for c diff.
Thank you for all the good information and I will check out the Let's talk Sh!t book.

I will keep in touch.