Sorry, I have no answers, but am curious about your breath test. I'm reading about people having different kinds of breath tests, and wondering where you had your testing/ are getting treatment? I have a diagnosis of SIBO from endoscopy culture, which isn't exactly the same as c. diff, but the 2 have some similarities. And yikes, that drug price, that's awful. Who could afford that.

I know from my research that sometimes SIBO (which can be a variety of different bacteria) can sometimes start as a particular infection, i.e. c. diff or e coli, and they give antibiotics that kill those bugs, but that can cause an overgrowth of some other kinds, or other kinds are still causing trouble - hence your continuous bloating. I know this seems to be an area still wrought with controversy (SIBO, etc. ), but I have read sources that say that diet will be of no use if you don't get rid of the offending bacteria with antibiotics. Have you been tested for SIBO? Were the cultures from your stomach?