They told me it was cured so why am I having a full on UC flare?
Because they left 2 cm of my diseased rectum to staple my j-pouch to so now I have UC, they call it cuffitis, flaring big time.
My father who lives 3 hours away has been ill and had surgery an hour from his home. The day after his surgery I went to an Urgent Care clinic. I was sure my C-Diff infection was back. I had a fever of 100, even though I was taking Norco that has tylenol in it, bad diarrhea and a monster migraine headache. I also had my too usual fibromyalgia and abdominal aches and pains. I gave them a sample to test for C-diff, received a lecture from the doctor explaining to me the difference between an Urgent care center and an ER and they gave me a shot of Toradol and a prescription of 8 toradol pills. So I could take them, if needed, until I found out the test results and could get to my regular doctor. This all means she thought I should have gone to an ER vs Urgent care clinic, and she gave me a stronger pain medication with an implied message of not to come back there and go to the ER instead.
I must have looked as bad as I felt. I filled the script,bought a microwavable can of soup, went back to the motel and slept most of the time until morning. They called me the next day to tell me I didn't have C-diff. I then thought I must have pouchitis so I took the 2 days of Flagyl I had left over from the last script. I know, I should have taken it all. That 2 days and Imodium got me through until I could take dad home and to the Skilled Nursing facility to recover.
It's not C-diff, pouchitis, the flu or food poisoning. I'm having a UC flare as had a large quantity of blood in the stool again, plus the D and all. I probably shouldn't taken the shot as it's a NSAID. The flare was caused by stress, just like the UC flares I had before they "cured" me.
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