Hope this helps,
-- Nina>as I had mentioned in my last message, I have or at least had I'm pretty >sure I still do have c-diff, from being on 3 antibiotics(levoquin twice >and zythromax once)for 2 months(may-june)for a oral surgery for an oral >infection plus vacomycin last year for 4 months IV in the hosital and at >home fora ver bad shunt infection. now I have c-diff! its so horrible I >think as I understand from the Dr's while I was in the hospital, that >c-diff is some kind of infection in the bowel and intestine? I was >wondering if anyone has ever had tis before, and what they did for the >horrible cramping in the stomache, and awful diareiahh ( since I'm not >allowed to tak any type of anti-diahreah meds)because they infection in >mybowel and intestines have to get out in order for me to get better. I >was just wondering if n e one has ever had c-diff, and whatthey did and >how they coped? It's just SOOOOOOOOO hard, dealing with the affects of >c-diff, massive adhessions that I have, and the problems I think are >being caused my my vp shunt. I spent my first summer out of high scholl >( I graduated june 6, 2002) in the hospital very sick with a shunt >infection, and would like to at least enjoy this summer somewhat I know >with the adhesions that is gonna be hard as I cant even enjoy days from >adhesion pain, nevermind a summer, but this c-diff on top of everything >else I'm going thru is really hard to deal with, I feel so ill I only >get off the couch to come on this site, and go to the bathroom.I'm not >trying to itty myself, as I know many others hve just as many if not >more problems then me, but I'm only 19 and theres only so much I can >handle. Any info would help greatly. Thanks in advanced,