@annapocono Cdiff spores can live for months on counters, light switches & etc. What's key is to clean with bleach and wash your hands really good after every trip you make to the bathroom. I had never even heard of Cdiff before I got it last spring after taking Clindamycin. Unfortunately, I went for almost two weeks before I went to the doctor. At first I thought I had the flu... and then I thought it was Ecoli. What RX are you taking currently? I took Flagyl, then two rounds of Vancomycin and finally Dificid after my 4th bout last October. It's a difficult thing to cure. And there is more than one strain of Cdiff. Are you also taking a probiotic? My gastroenterologist has me taking Florastor or any probiotic with S. Boulardii in it. S. Boulardii can survive the acid in our stomachs and goes to work in our GI tracts where the Cdiff spores thrive. I will take this for ever and really think it's helped me. Wishing you well and hope this is your first and last Cdiff episode.