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C. difficile – Are your guts ever normal again?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Jul 15 5:56pm | Replies (646)
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@ngorman25

Thanks Sue! I think I probably will have the fmt instead of trying dificid. I really don't want to take any more antibiotics than I have already. I had several antibiotics all last year for different reasons. I was "ripe" when I got an abcessed tooth in August and the dentist prescribed clindamycin, which finished me off! Then I got the "bastard bug" ,(cdiff). My gastro doctor called it that. I have had 4 flare-ups since September. I just dropped off a specimen, again, and am pretty sure it will be positive as I have had some diarrhea since Saturday. That's why I asked if anyone had any knowledge of fmt.

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sue6408 | @sue6408 | Feb 7, 2019

I would go for it. It has a 90% cure rate I read some where. Good luck.

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femalegolfer | @femalegolfer | Feb 8, 2019

@ngorman25 , if FMT is 90% effective, why are we bothering with more antibiotics? I don't understand why Dr's won't just go that route after one fail of antibiotics? I am on my first round of vanco after being diagnosed on Wednesday, but sadly I lived with Cdiff for the last 8 months or so and never went to the Dr. I would have bad flare ups at times, like when I had strep and was given antibiotics, but I never shared how my bowels were affected with Dr., shame on me I know. So I'm praying that this 10 day treatment will bring me back to normal because I'm so tired of feeling bad. Clindamycin needs to be banned!!

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