Thanks to C-Diff 2x in a little over one month I am now back in the hospital. When they checked blood work, my lipase (pancreas) my levels were 3x the normal and that in itself landed me back in the hospital as well. Not sure what is going on with my body! They took me off some of my meds to monitor the levels and see if they may be affecting those, all the while getting treatment for the C-Diff as well. Has anyone else's pancreas levels done this? Concerned...
C-Diff Round 2/Pancreas enzymes out the Roof...
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I am taking a long list: Lialda, Humira, Imuran, Colistid, Lipitor, Synthroid (recently found out I have an enlarged thyroid with a nodule they are monitoring), Toprol, lisinopril, hydrochlorothiazide, folic acid, potassium, premarin, nexium, famotidine, bentyl, and lomotil, metformin...now flagyl and vancomycin with the c-diff again...
I have been on Imuran for about 6 weeks. The dr. came in and said he thinks it may be the culprit. He added a third antibiotic for the c-diff and said, too, that if I get it again, I will be taken off Humira, but it will remain on the watch list for now.
Back to the dr in just a bit for a post-hospital follow-up. I taught yesterday and my little ones were fantastic. Today I am wiped out and hurting with a gurgling intestine. Hoping for some good news. I am a tad paranoid right now because of the pancreatitis scare. I knew the C-Diff was there...I don't tell/complain about every ache & pain because I don't want to sound weak/whiney. Maybe I should have and my levels wouldn't have been so high...thinking out loud, sorry!
When I took my daughter to the GI for possible crohns also, my dr. asked me how I was doing - my follow up is on the 18th - he also stated concern that he doesn't want me exposed to crowds for a while nor does he want me to be on antibiotics for 6 months to a year. Is that normal when you have & are treated for C-Diff back to back? I was hospitalized 2x in one month for it...Teaching school makes it difficult to "avoid crowds" and especially germs. I know my immune system is weak, and I seem to have a gazillion issues.
I also saw my urologist yesterday for my kidney stones. He said they were due to Crohns absorption issues.
I am so down this evening...I have put our family in some serious financial strain due to my illnesses and hospital stays. I am having trouble with my diabetes, my thyroid - enlarged and a nodule, pancreatitis, kidney stones, C-Diff x2, and crohns. I try to be strong, especially at work, but I am on overload with all this, my grad studies, my job, worried about my daughter, and home stress with finances.
I also saw my urologist yesterday for my kidney stones. He said they were due to Crohns absorption issues.
I am so down this evening...I have put our family in some serious financial strain due to my illnesses and hospital stays. I am having trouble with my diabetes, my thyroid - enlarged and a nodule, pancreatitis, kidney stones, C-Diff x2, and crohns. I try to be strong, especially at work, but I am on overload with all this, my grad studies, my job, worried about my daughter, and home stress with finances.
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Is there any responsibility or expense you can download for awhile to keep working on your health with less stress?
It is a hard truth that a personal illness can affect so many things, and not just the life of the sick person, but those around. Try not to blame yourself for that. You didn't choose it and you just have to work with what you've been given, right?
For us we are planning to sell our "forever" home - downsize the mortgage by half and have the extra money we need to work around this illness.
Your family loves you, they would probably sacrifice so much for you.
It is a hard truth that a personal illness can affect so many things, and not just the life of the sick person, but those around. Try not to blame yourself for that. You didn't choose it and you just have to work with what you've been given, right?
For us we are planning to sell our "forever" home - downsize the mortgage by half and have the extra money we need to work around this illness.
Your family loves you, they would probably sacrifice so much for you.
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fecal transplants work for c. diff!!
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I hope it starts to even out soon so that the bills are further between.
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