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Trying to recover from a c. diff infection (Clostridium difficile)
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Well, my dr wanted to do the vanco taper, for my 2nd reoccurrence. I asked if we could skip it and go straight to dificid, which she agreed. I pray it works, I'm going to really adjust my diet and hope that between dificid, diet and s. Boulardi, i will nip this once and for all.. although things haven't been as bad as before, they haven't been great either. I pray this works. Good luck to everyone else trying to beat this nasty bug!
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@femalegolfer So happy to hear you were given Dificid. I did the 10 days Vanco, relapsed and then the Vanco taper but nothing worked until I did the 10 days on Dificid. I took the last one on Oct. 26, 2018. I'm still worried on days when I eat the wrong foods, like yesterday. Cabbage seems to do a number on me. I've heard that some doctors no longer prescribe Flagyl for the first occurrence and go straight to vancomycin. I wish more doctors would prescribe Dificid with the 2nd occurrence. It's terrible we go through so much before we get the one that seems to kill the Cdiff spores. My next step would have been the FMT. Please keep us updated how you're doing.
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@femalegolfer I hope it works for you! Funny story, when I was first hospitalized in September and diagnosed with cdiff, the first time a gastro doctor visited me he said, "I see you have the 'bastard bug'"! Never having heard of cdiff before, I was stunned! Little did I know how right he was! I am scheduled for a colonoscopy and fmt on Monday, March 25. I am not looking forward to it. Please let me know how you do on dificid. Best of luck!