What does c. diff feel like with JPouch?

Has Augmentin worked for you previously (for pouchitis)?

Are you sure the pouch is full when it won’t produce stool (e.g. does a reasonable amount of stool eventually come out)? There’s a big difference between a full pouch that won’t empty vs. a feeling of fullness but a nearly empty pouch.

C. diff can feel many different ways, but I think watery stools, frequency, and urgency are common. It’s not really dangerous to wait, but it’s uncomfortable and infectious. Also, C. diff doesn’t really seem like your most likely source of trouble, at least to me.

Sure it could be C. diff, and Augmentin would make it worse. But it does not sound like it is worse. Why did your doc not prescribe the typical antibiotics: Cipro or Flagyl? Since you were going with the assumption of pouchitis, those would be the go-to antibiotics.

Jan

Thanks for the quick replies. Very grateful to have a little company right now.

Jan -- I can't take Cipro because of a drug interaction and I have had a bad reaction to Flagyl (heart palpitations) in the past. So I wound up with Augmentin which I haven't taken before ever.

Part of what I'm feeling now feels like painful gas, which is odd since I very rarely have that, and certainly not for hours.

Have had my pouch for 5 years and pouchitis twice -- each time it cleared up quickly. Once, without antibiotics and just some Canasa suppositories.

So, just to close the story on this, in case anyone reads this in future and has a similar issue --

It's not c diff. The pain was from a lot of gas plus probably some inflammation.I'll know more after I see the doctor but the tests today confirmed it's not c diff and that the pain I'm having isn't dangerous. That's a relief!