C. diff affects us all.

C. diff is one nasty disease! I found this out recently when I couldn’t get rid of the runs. I’ve never heard of C. diff before. And to find out that it’s deadly, wow! And I have ALS. More needs to be said about how you catch C. diff.

I offer this as a “nightmare” story of poor medical care. I found your website a few months ago and have used it several times to offer suggestions/questions to doctors who ignore me. Thank you for your website it is most useful! I had back surgery in January 2020 and came home with C. diff. Massive doses of antibiotics were along with hospital-acquired infections from exposure to others in the hospital were likely the cause. Hydrocodone for…

In 2012 I had wrist surgery, which may be where I picked up C. diff spores. My dentist prescribed clindamycin 10 months later, and 24 days later I realized that I was very sick. When I finally saw my doctor, the infection had spread wildly. I had never heard of C. diff before which is why I didn’t seek medical help sooner. After many months of vancomycin, the infection wouldn’t budge. I was finally cleared for an FMT and that was a saving…

I returned home from the hospital after my third fight with C. diff. I have had C. diff three times within a year, each time turning septic and severely endangering my life. Fighting this infection has caused severe lifestyle impairment and stress because of my inability to work or to even fully recover. It is exceedingly difficult to find aid for C. diff and Sepsis, so I am living in constant fear of losing my home and not being able…

Nine months ago my world was turned upside down. I was prescribed an antibiotic for a wisdom tooth procedure. Five days later I woke up to the worst pain of my life. After two days of pure misery crying on my bathroom floor, I went into urgent care. The doctor examined me and told me to go to the nearest ER, as she suspected “C. diff,” an infection I had never heard of. My heart rate was elevated (134 bpm), I had a fever, and was severely…

Welcome to my nightmare. In December 2020, I had surgery on my arm, and I’m assuming the facility, as well as recovery antibiotics, are what began my horrible journey with this plague of an illness. In February, I began having horrible stomach pains and non-stop watery diarrhea. I went into the hospital and was told I tested positive for C. diff. Between then and a week before my wedding, I was admitted to the hospital a total of three times…

It started with a rash on my back that I suspect started from the barber I was seeing. Scratching it made it worse. I went to the doctor’s office and was tended to by a PA. It was decided that this infection should be treated with a broad-spectrum antibiotic. After several days the symptoms started and I had it, C. diff. I went to the ER and was put on metronidazole and after several days, it was back with a vengeance. I went back to the ER…

In February 2020 I was prescribed both clindamycin and cefalexin for a breast abscess. Three weeks after I finished my course of antibiotics, in March 2020, I started to have severe, painful abdominal cramping and diarrhea. Each day became worse and worse until I was up through the night and couldn’t be away from the toilet for more than half an hour. I went to my primary care doctor, but she dismissed it as viral gastroenteritis. My symptoms…

My mother had colon cancer. She went in for surgery and the hospital put a little old lady in her room from a nursing home. They came in the next day and moved my mom because they said the woman had something contagious. They would not tell us what it was. About two weeks later, mom got sick. The diagnosis was C. diff. She was miserable. She died from it about two months–maybe not even that long–after getting it. The worst part was they…