Trying to recover from a c. diff infection (Clostridium difficile)

I have recovered from C-diff. Your mention of spores scares me to death. I was given Vanco to fight the C-diff and then later tested (blood draw) to see if it got rid of the infection. I was told it did. Do I need to worry about spores? Or would my blood test reveal if there were any or not? I still have not had a normal BM on my own since this happened. Feb.2021, with 8 weeks of slow recovery. I'm feeling much better now but have to drink a Miralax solution, use psyllium in my oatmeal, eat fiber crackers, etc. Will my body resume normal function someday after this C-diff infection?

No, I don't go at all unless I take Bisacodyl. I have a "tortuous" intestine. I have more intestine than a person of my size normally has, which has caused a slow transit time all my life. Before C-diff I had a regimen that stabilized me and I could live with. Unfortunately, the C-diff has changed all that. I'm praying that my body will eventually get it's "rhythm" back and I won't need to rely on a stimulant in order to go. I am still taking 8mg of physllium mixed in my oatmeal each morning, a miralax dose that I can handle, exercise 6 days a week, and the Bisacodyl every three days with Metamucil crackers. I have also noted that sometimes I'll feel great, normally after elimination using the Bisacodyl, etc., but then two days later if I eat something, all of a sudden there's some heartburn and bloating/bulging in my stomach and intestines. It's miserable. Sometimes worse than others. Again, I'm hoping with time this will change and I'll go back to "normal". I took 2 months of pro-biotics as directed by my gastro Dr. She thought that was necessary because the C-diff wiped everything out. I found that once I stopped the pro-biotics that I had less bulging and uncomfortable bloating. I read someone else on here mentioning that it might be too much of a good thing to continue taking it and with my experience, at this point, I would agree. And to answer your question about bowel movements, the consistency is soft because of taking the miralax (generic) store brand (but it's really miralax, only much less expensive because it carries the store brand name),..................... I hope this info helps you too. I guess we just have to be patient and try to keep healing in the best ways we can. I'm scared to death if I ever need anymore antibiotics but the Vanco worked to get rid of C-diff and I didn't have any more adverse reaction. I will NEVER take Clyndamycin again! Best wishes to you.

No, I don't go at all unless I take Bisacodyl. I have a "tortuous" intestine. I have more intestine than a person of my size normally has, which has caused a slow transit time all my life. Before C-diff I had a regimen that stabilized me and I could live with. Unfortunately, the C-diff has changed all that. I'm praying that my body will eventually get it's "rhythm" back and I won't need to rely on a stimulant in order to go. I am still taking 8mg of physllium mixed in my oatmeal each morning, a miralax dose that I can handle, exercise 6 days a week, and the Bisacodyl every three days with Metamucil crackers. I have also noted that sometimes I'll feel great, normally after elimination using the Bisacodyl, etc., but then two days later if I eat something, all of a sudden there's some heartburn and bloating/bulging in my stomach and intestines. It's miserable. Sometimes worse than others. Again, I'm hoping with time this will change and I'll go back to "normal". I took 2 months of pro-biotics as directed by my gastro Dr. She thought that was necessary because the C-diff wiped everything out. I found that once I stopped the pro-biotics that I had less bulging and uncomfortable bloating. I read someone else on here mentioning that it might be too much of a good thing to continue taking it and with my experience, at this point, I would agree. And to answer your question about bowel movements, the consistency is soft because of taking the miralax (generic) store brand (but it's really miralax, only much less expensive because it carries the store brand name),..................... I hope this info helps you too. I guess we just have to be patient and try to keep healing in the best ways we can. I'm scared to death if I ever need anymore antibiotics but the Vanco worked to get rid of C-diff and I didn't have any more adverse reaction. I will NEVER take Clyndamycin again! Best wishes to you.

@euqcaj since you are taking psyllium and Metamucil, I hope you are drinking at least a glass of water after them as well as plenty of water all day otherwise you can get blocked up and have GERD symptoms.

This sounds similar to my husband’s experience. After multiple rounds of Flagyl and Vancomycin and no relief, his GI doctor finally prescribed Questran, a cholesterol lowering powder. After one week, he finally could begin living a normal life again.

I'm happy this worked for your husband but I'm confused as to how a cholesterol lowering powder can get rid of C-diff. Did the Dr. explain how that works?

It’s an off-label use of Questran. As I understand it, doctors discovered that the binding properties of the drug for cholesterol also work for post C-diff disruption of the gut.