It's not unusual for the C-Diff bug to take two or three med cycles to kill off. It happens 15% of the time. I think it is very resilient to even the strongest anti-bacterial/anti-parasitic meds. If even ONE bacteria/parasite get's past the meds it only takes a short time for it to build another colony.
I have become very "concerned" about anti-biotics over this whole incident. From now on I will not take another "broad spectrum" antibiotic...I'll just wait for the culture to come back. On my last visit with the specialist I asked him to rate the severity of my illness. He said, "You had a mild to medium case of C-Diff Colitis." I said, "THAT was a mild to medium case? What happens with a SEVERE case?" Without even blinking he replied, "I take your colon out." :-(
I feel that I've grown from this incident and that I have learned several "life lessons" from this. My mother died of breast cancer that metastasized into the stomach. She fought it for five years. The last year of her life was miserable and horrible. The Lord granted me the tiniest taste of what she went through. :-(
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