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kimberlymarie,

I'm so sorry you're going through all of this. I was reading your posts and I saw that you were afraid to give a stool sample as you were wary about collecting it yourself. Given your symptoms, I do think it's important to have a stool culture to rule everything out and make sure you're not dealing with a c.diff infection.

Some tips for collecting yourself: it can be intimidating, but you can do this relatively easily and with minimal mess, even if you don't get the stand issue "plastic hat" from the hospital. When I had to do this myself at home, I lifted the toilet seat and then lined the entire toilet bowl with plastic wrap and pushed it down into a dish shape, just before it touched the water (push it down as far as you can, and it's better for it to be a little slack rather than taut or you risk the dreaded "backsplash." Smiler). I then closed the toilet seat to hold in all in place. It was easy to go, and then just lift the toilet seat, collect the corners of the plastic wrap, gather it up and and put it into the sample bag. It was quick with no mess. My biggest worry was driving it over to the lab.

I hope you can get this all sorted out!
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