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I took amoxycillan in June for an upper respiratory infection that wouldn't go away. A month later, I had an episode on a Friday that I thought was food poisoning. Severe vomiting, nausea, pain, etc. It got a little better during the weekend, and then Monday I had another one, but this time pain was almost unbearable. I vomited blood. I couldn't lay down because it hurt worse, and in my haze I paced until I literally collapsed, and my dad came and took me to the emergency room. They treated me for 'gastritis' and dehydration, and sent me home later that morning.
I continued to have problems with bouts of nausea and vomiting, and a pain that wouldn't go away. My primary care physician referred me to a gastroenterologist, but it was two months before I could get in to see him, and I suffered that whole time with episodes. Right before I went in, I had another bad episode, and my primary care doctor went ahead and did a stool test. I went to see the GE before it came back, and he was puzzled. He thought perhaps I had an ulcer, nearing perforation, and scheduled an immediate endoscopy, which showed irritation, but nothing specific. Two days later, the stool test came back positive for c diff. He immediately put me on Flagyl and Flora-Q.
I finished the Flaygl 25 days ago, and am still taking probiotics. It got better, and then the week before last I developed a rash. One doctor thought it was a reaction to the Flagyl, the other thought it was shingles.
The second bout got worse over last weekend, and I ended up calling my GI back. He was on vacation, so his partner proscribed Cipro. After some warnings on another site, I made an appt with my primary care physician. She took me off the Cipro and put me back on Flagyl. However, she's concerned that the stool tests showed non-toxic c diff, and that with the rash perhaps it's not an infection at all, but something like Crohn's disease. She ran more blood tests, and another stool test, but wants my GI to do a colonoscopy if the Flagyl doesn't help by this week.
I went to the ER Friday, had a total jerk of an ER doctor who sent me right back home with pain & nausea meds that don't seem to help much at all, if any. I feel sick all the time, and I'm scared and frustrated, especially feeling like the doctors aren't helping a whole lot. I also have signs of yeast infections in various forms, such as my mouth has a yellow coating.
All I've been eating is maybe a cup of homemade chicken soup a day and a few types of baby food that seem the least bothersome (can't tolerate fruit at all - mostly squash and sweet potatoes with chicken). Lots and lots of probiotics, but doesn't seem to help. A lot of foods that I would try (and normally love), like bananas, have such strong smells that I get nauseous just going near them.
I'm sick, and frustrated, and unable to work, and worried about what's going to happen, and I don't know what to try anymore.
I continued to have problems with bouts of nausea and vomiting, and a pain that wouldn't go away. My primary care physician referred me to a gastroenterologist, but it was two months before I could get in to see him, and I suffered that whole time with episodes. Right before I went in, I had another bad episode, and my primary care doctor went ahead and did a stool test. I went to see the GE before it came back, and he was puzzled. He thought perhaps I had an ulcer, nearing perforation, and scheduled an immediate endoscopy, which showed irritation, but nothing specific. Two days later, the stool test came back positive for c diff. He immediately put me on Flagyl and Flora-Q.
I finished the Flaygl 25 days ago, and am still taking probiotics. It got better, and then the week before last I developed a rash. One doctor thought it was a reaction to the Flagyl, the other thought it was shingles.
The second bout got worse over last weekend, and I ended up calling my GI back. He was on vacation, so his partner proscribed Cipro. After some warnings on another site, I made an appt with my primary care physician. She took me off the Cipro and put me back on Flagyl. However, she's concerned that the stool tests showed non-toxic c diff, and that with the rash perhaps it's not an infection at all, but something like Crohn's disease. She ran more blood tests, and another stool test, but wants my GI to do a colonoscopy if the Flagyl doesn't help by this week.
I went to the ER Friday, had a total jerk of an ER doctor who sent me right back home with pain & nausea meds that don't seem to help much at all, if any. I feel sick all the time, and I'm scared and frustrated, especially feeling like the doctors aren't helping a whole lot. I also have signs of yeast infections in various forms, such as my mouth has a yellow coating.
All I've been eating is maybe a cup of homemade chicken soup a day and a few types of baby food that seem the least bothersome (can't tolerate fruit at all - mostly squash and sweet potatoes with chicken). Lots and lots of probiotics, but doesn't seem to help. A lot of foods that I would try (and normally love), like bananas, have such strong smells that I get nauseous just going near them.
I'm sick, and frustrated, and unable to work, and worried about what's going to happen, and I don't know what to try anymore.
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