Reply to "Something Besides Pouchitis?"

Thanks Scott!

I am happy to finally know what's going on after months of feeling lousy and antibiotics not working. I always knew this felt different than traditional pouchitis, as I had abdominal pain, chills, and my stool smelled like ammonia, all of which had never happened before.

My doctor decided to only have me take the vancomycin, and not the flagyl. I'm not sure why he decided against the flagyl as well, maybe because I have taken it so many times in the past, without success. It seems like vancomycin is the main drug used for C. diff though so I'm hoping this does the trick. I just took my first pill.

Thanks for the advice on the Florastor! It looks like it can be purchased at most pharmacies, so I am going to swing by my local Walgreens and see if I can pick some up. I read that C. diff can sometimes be tricky to get rid of, but I have an appointment in 2 weeks with my GI doc to assess where I'm at. I'll keep you posted!

-Kevin

3/16/156:24 PM

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