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Two weeks post Vanco

This past week has had its ups and downs. A couple of days I felt like my body was going to relapse, but thank goodness I have not! My stools have been formed all week, with only a couple of days of the feeling like I constantly needed to go, but only went two of these times. The last couple of days I have been dealing with a rumpus that burns and has a little itch. Not sure if it is part of the recovery of c diff or if I have a hemorrhoid. To look at the positives, I feel a lot better. I have got my appetite back, and the nausea is gone. I may be feeling a little to normal, foods like dairy, gluten and sugar have been tempting me. So much so I caved and are a homemade banana chocolate chip muffin. My stomach grumbled and pinched a little, but haven't had any terrible reactions yet. Hopefully I can keep the c diff away for another week. I know relapse is more is more likely between one to three weeks. I am getting more hopefully that I have beat this thing, but still very on
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One Week After Vanco

After relapsing with c diff I found a GI doctor who decided that it would be better to change my 10 day vanco to a 14 day vanco treatment. Currently I am one week off of the antibiotics, and hopeful that I have won the war. But I have the fear in my head every second of every day. Any stomach twinge, or feeling of being unwell has me on edge. My body doesn't feel 100% cured, but I am taking things one day at a time. I have been drinking my homemade kefir three times a day, along with taking one Florastor pill twice a day, once in the morning, and once at night. I have also been taking a Theralac probiotic at lunch, and Culturelle probiotic after dinner. I feel like I am currently doing everything in my power to kick this horrible bacteria, and can't wait to close the c diff chapter of my life!
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C-Diff Relapse

Unfortunately my stomach issues with oats turned out not to be the oats fault. I ended up relapsing with c-diff. Even thought I know it wasn't their fault, I still haven't tried to eat oats again, it may be a very long time before I decide to eat them again. But I am now fighting my way back out of the pit of this terrible bacteria. I am currently on day four of a ten day vancomycin plan. Many stories I have read says that a vanco pulse treatment is the best, but I am currently working with my primary care doctor to help me fight this battle. I question if the ten day plan is the best treatment for me, but I have voiced that concern to a nurse today when she called to check how I was doing. It would be great to have a professional that has helped others through this before, but that's currently not where I am. I have to find faith that my doctor knows what she is doing, or will send me off to a GI if she feels she is over her head with my case. So now it is time to wait to
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Challenge on a challenge

I  am on day five of recovering from c-diff, my food choices still are not up to my standards. I know I have to feed my body nutritious things to heal, but I currently don't know what will help, and what will harm me. When my c-diff illness began, I only was able to eat what I felt would stay inside my system, and what wouldn't repulse me. Which pretty much consisted of white toast and white crackers. A few days later I was getting weaker but was able to add bananas and bone broth to my diet. Once I learned I had c-diff and needed to fight it with antibiotics and probiotics. Along with pill form probiotics, I also added food based probiotics. My first choice was sauerkraut that were made the most natural way, and had healthy probiotics in them. My next choice has been store bought kefir. So far my body seems willing to allow these foods into my rotation of foods, along with sweet potatoes, sliced turkey and sour dough bread. With my recent drive for health,  I have decided I wa
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How The Fight Began

I have always felt like something in the universe has been playing around with my emotional and physical form every since I was a child. I was always the chubby kid, and would fight tooth and nail to try to loose the extra pounds. Then when it seemed like I was winning that game when I turned 18, I had lost too much weight to fast, and ended up with pancreatitis. Soon to follow I had to have my gallbladder removed. If that wasn't enough I had to throw in horrible menstrual cycles, which started me on hormonal pills. Finally I excepted my weight, I just wanted to feel healthy. I did my research on healthy foods, and slowly started incorporating more healthy foods, along with exercise. Then I got amazing news after I turned 30 that I was going to have a baby. But the pregnancy left me sick for eight months, with high blood pressure. Then when the baby was ready to come, she decided to flip and be a breach baby, and ended up with a c-section. Seven years later I contracted the shingle
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