Hi,
I thought I'd post a follow-up. Unfortunately I am not doing any better, still having much the same symptoms. I am currently on 30mg of pred per day, down from 40. My GI put me on a custom-made 9mg Budesonide enema nightly as well, in addition to ranitidine. I am also taking four VSL#3s per day (not DS).
The prednisone does seem to help, but not for the entire day. When a lot of time has passed and I am about due for my next dose, the watery diarrhea comes back for several hours.
My primary care dr got involved and reviewed my case, and said that the multiple c.diff tests performed were reliable and rule it out. He said they tested two different ways but I am not clear on the details. Also, in the hospital, I know they did test for a number of other things in the stool as well. My primary care Dr was disappointed that they did not do a CAT scan.
I do not have any fever or cramps.
Anyone have any ideas? Willing to consider anything. I've been battling this for several weeks (with a gradual decline while on antibiotics for my tooth), and it's been pure water gushing (now partially controlled by meds) for about two weeks.
My primary care dr's theory is that I originally had some sort of infection that led to a flareup of the GI tract (general colitis) and now it's a matter of getting it back under control. Any thoughts?
Thank you!