Wow I think I should consider myself lucky! I tried one round of Flagyl and I thought I was cured but a few days later it came back. I then went on a 10 day oral Vanco dose and it cleared it up. I know that medication was very costly, something like $90/pill but luckily my prescription plan did pay it at 100% or at least with a $20 copay  I can't imagine having to drink yucky stuff, however I did develop thrush in my mouth from the Flagyl so I had to swish and spit Nystatin for a LONG time it seemed before it cleared it up. That was not fun!
I did learn a lot about c-diff from a c-diff support group on line. From what they all say, you pretty much should stay completely away from antibiotics of any kind forever unless your posed with a life threatening illness. That scares me to no end! I have not needed one since my c-diff illness which was over 4 years ago thank God but what if I need one again. You can't imagine how much I fear that. I had a kidney stone a year after the c-diff from overloading my body with yogurt and such to put the good bacteria back into my body and they told me that if I needed a shunt put in to get the stone to pass I'd need to take 1 Keflex. I begged the doctor to not have to take it. Thank goodness I passed the stone and didn't need the shunt  I was a wreck worrying about it.
I did fight a sinus infection this past winter without any antibiotics. I guess we pretty much all can fight illness without them, it just takes longer to go away. But I'll tell ya, I have to be on a death bed to ever take one again.
Last Sept. I swear my c-diff came back. I had all the symptoms of it. 10 straight days of D, horrible, smelly, stools, terrible cramping. Did the c-diff and other stool tests and it did come back negative. I wondered if you could possibly put it back into your body by way of mouth and the doc said it would be very rare. I just think since I've had it that my body is so much more sensitive to even the slightest stomach bugs.
I did notice that I've become somewhat Lactose intollerant after having c-diff. I also can't eat corn on the cobb, lettuce and some other things that I could eat before the c-diff. Have you noticed any difference?
You are right though, lets keep praying we never ever get it again.
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~~~Lisa~~~
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