Anyone with rectal problems please chime in! Help!

Sorry for another long post... I really need some input. I have posted a similar post before, but some things have changed so I'm revising it. I am having some serious rectal issues :( I have been in extremely healthy remission for the past 8 years with no meds. 1 or 2 formed BM per day, no pain, no sign of Crohn's.
I have also been living with a seton in my peri rectal fistula. It has been fine. I have lived a very active lifestyle with it and no pain.

But about a month ago now I started feeling pressure and pain and blood coming from fistula with BM. After 4 sitz baths a day didn't help, I went to the CR doctor, she took a look and said everything looked fine. She said no hemorrhoids etc. Then she prescribed Flagyl (which would go on to lead to C-diff!) I went back in a few days after starting the flagyl because the pain was like severe stabbing needles throughout the rectum but especially on the fistula side. She ordered a CT. Came back clear in abdomen but some thickening of rectosigmoid. She said there was no sign of infection or abscess. She said she wanted to do colonoscopy. But I was in too much pain down there to do the prep so she said wait til I finish the flagyl then we'll do it.
So, I finished the flagyl but then started getting D! Tested pos for C-Diff. So now they want to wait to do the colonoscopy until the c-diff clears up.

In the meantime the pain was starting to return and low grade fevers started. I started Vancomycin, Florastor, and another probiotic for the C-diff and now 4 days into it, the pain has just slightly subsided. It's still pretty bad though. I will try to describe it the best I can..

The fistula site looks different to me. There is a red pimple like thing in the hole next to the seton and there is some fresh blood around it. It's not dripping blood but it's there. That area feels like a deep cut. Then I feel like I have something (like a stick) stuck in the anus at times. And some pressure and needle like feeling all throughout both sides of the rectum.

I am in pain and I am so scared the pain will come back full force once I'm done with the antibiotics. I don't have a GI until next week (that's a whole other story I posted about).
And even so, why wouldn't they at least try to treat me for this with something besides antibiotics? I just have to suffer until the c-diff clears up and then they do scope? Then what? What if they still don't know what it is? Tried remicaide a long time ago but I had allergic reaction and have had reactions to many meds. I can't take any pain narcotics without getting violently ill.

Can you take prednisone during c-diff? I just don't know what to do. Anyone else have anything similar? Besides doctors appts I have been in bed or on the couch for a month. I am a single parent and thankfully I am living with my family and they are helping me. Then there's the guilt of that...

One more thing and this might come as an off the wall question.. A little over a month ago,,right before this started,, my parents were both really sick with the flu. I was taking care of them and I didn't want to get sick myself. I started taking a bunch of homemade elderberry syrup as well as vitamin c, goldenseal and echinacea, vinegar & water shots, and other supplements. Well I didn't get the flu,, but then all this started! Do you think I over boosted my immune system and threw it in to a tailspin and created this manifestation?? I know that even though I've been symptom free for the last 8 years, Crohn's can just pop back up, but it just seems like it may be connected to this. I feel so dumb. I was just trying to stay healthy.

What do you think?
I appreciate any replies, and advice. Thanks!

Thanks, Jen77, no I didn't have a scope. I knew I'd always have Crohn's but just figured if I was having no symptoms, then I was fine for the time being. Just like if I was having no symptoms while taking meds. From the beginning I never had severe Crohn's symptoms like D. They Dx me with Crohn's in ileum 2 years after I had an extremely complicated rectal abscess. I was in severe pain for those 2 years. Turns out The whole time the cavity wasn't closed even though it wasn't infected anymore. That's what was causing the pain. They put me on prednisone for 5 weeks and I was better after the first IV dose and after that for the next 8 years.
Now, here I am again with another bizarre case :(

Fecal matter transplant cured my c. diff. after 8 bouts in 3 years. Best thing I've ever done. I've actually always gotten prednisone when I've had c. diff. because it's almost impossible to tell if you are flaring in addition to having c. diff., so they just treat both together with flagyl/vanco and prednisone.

I imagine the vinegar didn't help, and I personally don't take vitamin C because it can increase acid and I imagine by boosting the immune system can make Crohn's worse.

Today is day 7 of Vanco. I am having 2 BM. The first one being pretty formed when it comes out then falling apart 😬 the second one is a little looser. Does this mean that the Vanco is working for the cdiff?
Also, the rectal pain is feeling about 70% better... But is was feeling somewhat better on flagyl too and when I was done with the course the pain started coming back. Since the pain is better with the antibiotic wouldn't that indicate an infection? My CRS said she saw no infection upon physical exam or CT. They won't do the scope til cdiff is gone

Gumby44, yes I am on Vanco for the cdiff infection, but the rectal pain I was having before the Cdiff and is another issue.. Unfortunately I'm Not sure if it's a flare or something else.
The rectal pain is also feeling a lot better since taking the vancomycin, so I was saying that since the antibiotic is helping with the rectal pain, it seems like it indicates an infection in the rectum....but my surgeon is saying there is no infection (besides cdiff)

SupportiveMom, thanks for the reply! Yes I am really hoping the cdiff clears with the vanco. I am down to 1 BM day and although not completely formed, seems like it's getting there.
My GI (that I've only met once) scoffed when I mentioned suppositories. he said we don't want to create an abscess. Maybe because I have a fistula with a permanent seton?
It's frustrating because although the vanco has also helped with the rectal pain, I will be finishing up my course soon and am scared the pain will come back. They want to do scope but not until the cdiff is gone. So I was thinking in the meantime maybe I could try prednisone and see if it helps with the rectal pain.

Equestrian mom, no I haven't been dx with proctitis. The only thing I know right now is there is inflammation in the rectosigmoid. I also have been having pain at my fistula site. But the pain inside rectum is excruciating and feels like a hot fire poker stabbing me all over! Would vancomycin help relieve pain from Proctitis? I am on vanco for the cdiff but my rectum is also feeling somewhat better. I will definitely ask my GI about this at my Wednesday appointment. Do you how they diagnose that? I am long overdue for a colonoscopy but that has to wait til the cdiff clears. Right now I am just praying the pain doesn't return right when the antibiotic course is over.

RosemaryB, thanks for the reply. That's so great you found some relief from your pain! I am currently on the SCD diet and not eating lactose, so unfortunately that's not the case for me. I wish it was. I have a scope next week so I am praying they can find some answers. They just have no idea what's going on! The pain is really bad and I have been in bed pretty much all the time for the past 2 months! I've done MRI, CT , and physical exam. No abscesses and no additional fistulas.

Thanks, Myrne, I could ask about injecting the pain reliever, but that seems like it would be so temporary. Narcotics make me extremely sick so I just take Motrin which can't be good for my Crohns! It does seem like it could be some kind of nerve but it also stings bad sometimes too which makes me think infection. But CRS says there is no infection. It's so frustrating!

I do have an appointment scheduled for a second opinion a few hours away from me, but unfortunately the appointment isn't for another month.