C. diff affects us all.

During Covid lockdown I developed a problem with alcohol , like many people did. I entered one of Chicago’s top hospitals on Nov 2 nd 2023 for thirty day treatment. During the stay I had chronic diarrhea which they said was gut inflammation from alcohol. They put me on Imodium four times a day.When I returned home I saw my Primary Care Doc and he…

I went to the doctor in the first week of September 2024, my only symptom was diarrhea. The doctor did a test and it was positive for C. diff. They gave me vancomycin for 10 days. After I completed it, one week later, I had symptoms again. I got Dificid the second time and I made it 4 weeks before I had symptoms again. I first went to the urgent…

I first became ill at 2am with diarrhea.  It recurred approximately every 15 to 30 minutes all night long.  I then began throwing up.  I lay there trying to think of what I ate that would cause what was happening.  Finally we called a nurse hot line and were advised to go to the ER.  I told my husband that I couldn’t walk out to the car…

I’m Aspen Bingham, an average 17 year old from Colorado. On November 17th, 2023, my whole life changed. This was the first day I tested positive for C. diff, and little did I know it would happen 5 more times over the next year. I had not been feeling well for months and finally got the courage to go to urgent care after being on a wait list with…

Me operaron el 13 de agosto y el 3 de octubre del 2024, el día 7 de octubre comencé a ir al baño de color oscuro, y me fui decayendo de a poco no tenia apetito e iba al baño entre 8 y 12 veces por día, recorri cuatro centros medicos y todos me recetaban remedios de venta libre, hasta que empece a ver manchas negras en la visión, sangre en las…

On Oct 30, 2024, I was a 54 year old guy who enjoyed strength training, walking, and teaching a boxing class for a home school co-op.  Oct 31, I went in for a fistula surgery. In the months leading up to the surgery, I had been given amoxicillin and later Cipro to see if the fistula could be healed that way. It didn’t work, so surgery was…

I acquired C. diff in September of 2023 but I thought the diarrhea was because of vitamins or weight loss drugs. I started to have an upset stomach and diarrhea but no fever. I did have fatigue. It went on for 3 weeks. I used every medication to stop it during that time. After 2 weeks, I called my doctor but thought it was an allergy or food…

Ruby’s C. diff story started when she was 4 years-old and she took amoxicillin for an ear infection. A few days after starting amoxicillin, she developed a secondary low grade fever and extreme diarrhea. We (her parents) took her to the pediatrician and convinced them to test her for C. diff, which they reluctantly agreed to. We knew that this was…

On April 23, 2024, I had a Colonoscopy at Gastro Health in Florida at the Outpatient Center of Delray. Prior to this, I was absolutely fine with no health issues at all. Over the next 2-3 days, I began to have very bad diarrhea and stomach cramps that would not go away. I contacted the doctor after it got bad and he wanted to wait a little bit to…

I was a young, 21 year old girl and I was a hypochondriac at the time – always thinking I was ill. I had a sore throat and immediately I went to the doctor, who said it was not bacterial, so he didn’t give me an antibiotic. I called the office afterward and begged for an antibiotic, as I thought this was going to keep me safe. Reluctantly, they…

I was prescribed Augmentin for an earache and sinus infection on May 4, 2024. I became sick a few days later, but I just tried to deal with it, figuring it would go away once I finished the course of antibiotics. I completed them on May 17, and on May 18 I agreed to go to a concert about an hour away with my boyfriend. I didn’t feel great, but I…

On June 1, 2024 I started feeling super fatigued and just generally unwell. Sunday June 2nd I woke up with stomach pain and I had diarrhea that soon turned to yellow, stringy, mucous-y and happening way too often. It continued all night. Monday morning I knew something was wrong. I had the chills but no fever. I went to the ER which thank goodness…

I had developed a UTI in September of 2021 and I was desperate to get rid of it, but my former primary care physician did not treat me effectively and I was given numerous antibiotics that did not work. I ended up getting a kidney infection from it and by then I had become so frustrated with my former PCP. I turned to a virtual doctor who at first…

I am a 68 year old retired nurse. I was infected with C. diff in the spring of 2002 at 46 years old.  I developed watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, cramping, and eventually blood streaked. I tried to tough it out, thinking it was a GI bacterial or viral illness. I had just relocated to North Carolina and I tried to stay active, working. But…

My story started mid December 2023 when I had a Colonoscopy. Two weeks later between Christmas and New Years I became sick , though I could have been sick before just did not know it. It seemed like the flu, low temp and a sore throat so bad I could not speak. On New Years even I made a call to the on call doctor who happened to be my GP. They…