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Hi Mary,
sorry to hear you've had some difficulties. Hopefully, now you are on your way to feeling great. It gets better every day. I was wondering if you are taking blood pressure medication. I was quite lightheaded for awhile and it didn't dawn on me to check my blood pressure. Sure enough I was too low and stopping the medication fixed the problem. Good luck! Karen
Sorry about your difficulty Mary! (Ooops no pun intended! LOL!) I went into surgery on 9/14 being treated for my 3rd bout of c. diff. I got an antibiotic that would not make things worse for the c.diff. while in the hospital, but ended up with a wound infection and on 2 other antibiotics that may make it flare up again. I have been treated long term with oral doses of Vancomycin (strong prescription antibiotics) but more importantly, long term use of probiotics, things like lactobacillus that promote a good immune environment. I cannot swallow these capsules right now as I recover, but I am looking for ways to get more probiotics in the limited 3 stage diet such as checking to make sure that the yogurt I eat has active cultures and I am looking for a new yougurt drink by Dannon called Danactives which has even more probiotic cultures. I may need to look to a natural foods strore for that! Ask your doctor about taking either Culturelle or FlorQ (special order at most drug strores) as a daily probiotic supplement when you are able to swallow pills again. And you will need to do this any time you are on antibiotics for a very long time. The c. diff spores live a very long life and take advantage of any dip in the environment to take over! I am fully expecting a flare up despite our best efforts. Good luck. Here is a website for more info http://cdiffsupport.com/
Luann
LAP RNY 9/14/04 -20 since pre-op exam visit on 8/18/04