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I was officially going stir crazy. Hard bed + bad back = pain. Clear liquid diet + periods of no food at all = me getting very aggravated.
This all started the 15th when I suddenly had horrible diarrhea, chills, and body pain. That Saturday (16th) I went to the ER because I knew I was very sick - there I was given fluids, antibiotics, and some Nexium. It turns out the antibiotics and Nexium where the worst thing they could have given me.
I have Clostridium difficile.
I had held out for a week thinking I was getting better but went in to see my regular doctor Tuesday - they almost couldn't fit me in that day. When he saw my blood tests from the ER visit he was very alarmed and surprised they let me out of there with such a high white blood cell count... so I got admitted.
The real piece of the puzzle was that earlier this month (around the 4th) I was on Augmentin and flagyl.
I'm now on vancomycin and another gritty powder type medicine to help adsorb the toxins and help the diarrhea. Nasty stuff.
The worse news is while in there they checked my gallbladder... it's got it go.
I'm not looking forward to surgery - which should be happening in around 2 weeks. In the mean time I'm to be on a very bland diet as to try to avoid setting off any gallbladder attacks. I had one in the hospital (from beef broth...) and it significantly elevated my liver enzymes.
This all started the 15th when I suddenly had horrible diarrhea, chills, and body pain. That Saturday (16th) I went to the ER because I knew I was very sick - there I was given fluids, antibiotics, and some Nexium. It turns out the antibiotics and Nexium where the worst thing they could have given me.
I had held out for a week thinking I was getting better but went in to see my regular doctor Tuesday - they almost couldn't fit me in that day. When he saw my blood tests from the ER visit he was very alarmed and surprised they let me out of there with such a high white blood cell count... so I got admitted.
The real piece of the puzzle was that earlier this month (around the 4th) I was on Augmentin and flagyl.
I'm now on vancomycin and another gritty powder type medicine to help adsorb the toxins and help the diarrhea. Nasty stuff.
The worse news is while in there they checked my gallbladder... it's got it go.