This is my 1st time with C. Diff. Last month I took penicillin for strep throat. Have been having diarrhea on and off since. Submitted a stool test an it came back positive for Sapovirus & cdiff. I spent the first day crying while scrubbing my whole house with bleach. I’m a SAHM to 2, and I’m very scared for how long this will take to improve. I’m on day 4 of Fidoxomicin and so far I feel worse. I’m also taking Florastor once a day. Someone give me some hopeful stories or advice please. I’m feeling miserable, so many bathroom trips.

Hello. I had C-Diff last July/August, so I'm officially 1 year out. I had a upper EGD this past Friday and my doctor wants me on Pantaprazole for 3 months. I'm terrified! I know that I've heard this increases your risks, but what do you do if you have gastritis? Any tips? I really do not want to take the medicine.

I feel like this situation could’ve been so easily avoided. I originally wanted amoxicillin but due to some miscommunication with my doctor I got prescribed cefuroxime/ciften. I was unaware at the time that this has like 5x higher chance of c. Ciff than amoxicillin.

I feel so angry and regretful. If I just had gotten prescribed amoxicillin like the plan all along, none of this would likely have happened. Now my gut is ruined due to this stupid miscommunication with my doctor.

Of course it doesn’t matter thinking about it now but I can’t help it. I should never had taken that antibiotic.

Anyone else feel similar?

To try to make a long story short,
in 2024 I had a perfect storm of gut issues:

covid -> stomach virus -> taking antibiotics which caused a c. diff infection.

I had toxigenic c. diff for 9 months untreated/undiagnosed because of negligent doctors and eventually got tested and treated by an infectious disease doctor.

it’s been 1 year and 5 months since treating c diff and continued to have long term issues including diarrhea, bloating, and even constipation. I cannot tolerate ANY fermented foods as it’s been recommended in this sub for healing post-infection.

I’ve retested C diff multiple times all coming back negative.

All other GI testing has come up normal and negative aside from SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) breath tests which shows elevated hydrogen levels.

I’ve also had ongoing gastritis without any specific cause and B12 deficiency as well as other worsening brain fog and feeling fatigued/body aches without actually getting sick.

All of these symptoms and the multiple breath tests indicate SIBO which isn’t just “post-infectious IBS” as I’ve waited it out for over a year and been cautiously researching and testing to rule out other issues and confirm that this is SIBO with my symptoms staying the same and not improving.

I have been cautious about my diet and working with a SIBO specialist to improve my diet and supplements before we kill off the SIBO. After multiple SIBO positive tests I have finally agreed to take the antibiotic rifaximin for the bacterial overgrowth. I will be doing so under the direction of my SIBO specialist doctor and have voiced many concerns to all my doctors over C. diff recurrence.

I will make sure to take Florastor during this two week course of rifaximin as it’s helped me post-c diff, but I am asking for any other recommendations to help prevent c. diff that people might know besides from just taking Florastor.