Cross post C-diff

 
I recently went through over 2 months of diarrhea, with nothing working to even slow it down. Fiber, Imodium, Pepto, probiotics, all failed me.
I got a prescription for Flagyl, took it for 14 days, and had extreme diarrhea the entire time. The doc said don't stop, did bloodwork, said i was hydrated enough.
When the 14 days were over, and no more Flagyl, I haven't had anymore diarrhea.
So...I guess I did have C-diff, even though the culture came back negative?
No idea what's up, wondering about anyone else's experience.
I'm 6 years out with RNY pouch, and 200cm common channel, slightly longer than a DS but it's working for me.
Thanks for any input.

I think that it could have been another bacterial overgrowth - there are lots of different kinds of bacteria in our guts.

I had something similar, didn't test positive for C. Diff (thought the lab was in Jordan so I'm not really sure about what they did there) but Flagyl stopped it in its tracks.  Sometimes its less important to know what it is than what the cure is.  

I was In Amman for several weeks this past summer and fall. The population has really exploded since I was there last about 12 years ago! Talk about traffic, and people making 4 lanes out of 2!

 Yeah I go there all the time on business.  Its not a bad place over all, not too exciting though.  

There are a lot of different bugs it could have been besides c-diff, so I wouldn't assume it was c-diff right off the bat. 

Glad the flagyl did the trick!

Thx for the replies!

If you haven't already, start taking a good quality probiotic to prevent something like this from happening again.

 The Flagyl killed all of the bacteria in your gut, so you now want to repopulate with "good bugs".  You can do this with a probiotic supplement, or just enjoy more yogurt everyday.  

Thx! I've been on very good probiotics since the beginning, right after surgery. Guess nothing is foolproof!

Sally, this is what baffles me about Flagyl.  My understanding is that Flagyl itself can cause diarrhea.  So how do you know if the 14 days of diarrhea was from the original problem or the diarrhea?

Glad you are feeling better now. 

-Jenny