Update

[Yasai]

I'm back with another update, unfortunately it isn't good news.

I received a phone call on Tuesday from my GP who confirmed that my stool sample had tested positive for C-diff. I went to see my GP that afternoon and they had a poke and prod of my stomach which was, and still is, extremely painful and decided to start Metronidazole 400mg 3 times daily.

I narrowly missed going into hospital on Tuesday because some of the vitals they took, whether that was my blood pressure or something else, came back a bit wonky. If I get worse I have to call the GP who would want to get the opinion of surgeons.

The stomach pain has calmed down and only begins to really hurt before and during a BM. In saying that I haven't had diarrhea for a few days, just one/two solid BMs. If I push the bowels to move I end up getting spotted blood on the toilet paper from the haemorroid so I've stopped really focusing on BMs. As long as I go once a day, I'm satisfied.

Aside from that I am overheating constantly with very minimal physical activity - I'm exhausted going to get my medication from the pharmacy and whatever shirt I'm wearing is damp with sweat. I feel gross waking up in the morning because I've sweat so much at night and it's really not an enjoyable experience.

I can do some of my hobbies but tire very quickly and mentally my brain clocks out after 2 hours. I am extremely tired and drowsy when I do wake up so I just have to wake up slowly and let my brain take its time to reconfigure itself.

While trying to get comfortable in bed I must have stretched funny because I've hurt my lower back. It felt more like something ripping as opposed to the normal feeling of pulling a muscle but it's calmed down a bit after 2 days so I'm not massively worried about that.

I'm off work for a week and I'm having a blood test next Tuesday to see how that's going. I don't really feel hungry but I've been having lots of small plain food like bananas/toast/white rice. I'm also making sure I drink enough water (in the past few days I've completely gone off herbal teas so I'm sticking to water and dioralyte).

Plan of action is to take it easy and rest. I knew from the beginning of this whole thing starting that it wasn't a normal IBS flare. So I've had 2 weeks of having untreated C-diff hanging around.

Work have been informed, I told them to clean everything behind the tills because C-diff is a stubborn bugger that lives on surfaces for 5 months and I did a few shifts before I was told I had tested positive for C-diff.

Apologies for not updating sooner. I don't think words exist to define this level of exhausted. Here's hoping that things start looking up soon.

[Maureen1958]

So sorry to hear this! I hope you are feeling better soon now that you know what you are dealing with.

[Yasai in reply to Maureen1958]

Thank you very much! The antibiotics are slowly working their magic. The worst part is the is the exhaustion but with some rest that should improve. 😊

[Suecoo66]

It sounds like you've torn your lower back muscles I did this last year, put ibuprofen gel on itTake some probiotics to fight off the cdiff and do not take immodium (loperamide)

[Hidden in reply to Suecoo66]

I tore my low back muscles last year too couldn’t walk properly for weeks ! X

[Kdw1]

Sounds like you had a tough time hope you start to feel alot better very soon x

[Chidacsmum]

Get well soon Yasai.

[Hidden]

Hi there I hope you get better soon how awful do you know how you got the C. difficile ? X

[Yasai in reply to Hidden]

Thank you very much! Unfortunately I got the C-difficle from the 3 different antibiotics I was taking for the kidney infection. I started having symptoms 2 weeks after I finished the Co-Amociclav. My body has been setting itself up for failure in that regard because I've been getting sick every month.

I got back from Majors at A&E about 9am this morning. The stomach pains came back and I generally started feeling more and more ill. Ended up with worse stomach pain because of the doctors having to touch my stomach to examine me.

We decided that I shouldn't stay in the hospital longer than needed so I was sent home with Morphine for the pain, because codiene was kind of taking the edge off it but not really. It's impossible to sleep in hospital, I think I dozed off for 45 minutes and even that wasn't a proper nap. Much happier to be home in my own bed and getting some sleep! 😊

[Hidden in reply to Yasai]

Fingers crossed the antibiotics kick in soon good luck x

[Yasai in reply to Hidden]

Thank you! Things are looking up. Despite having an awful migraine Saturday evening that meant I didn't wake up until 7pm Sunday it's getting better. Still having headaches/migraines and am a bit sensitive to noise and light but I'm resting up and it's paying off!

I'm getting some energy back now, I have an appetite for some foods (a turning point was yesterday when I actually wanted something with flavour!). Nausea is settling down a bit, too. Might actually have the energy to do the washing up tomorrow 🙂

[Hidden in reply to Yasai]

Washing up nah no rush lol glad your on way to recovery and that you found out eventually the culprit behind it take care x