sick blechy sick....

Well, I started to feel better, and my bowel movements were normalizing. But tonight, the diarrhea's back and I have chills.... Sigh. While my practitioner thinks it's unlikely that it's c diff after only one day of antibiotics, she says that should I still be having problems, I'm to head to the lab to be tested first thing Monday morning.

Has anyone had a similar experience? ANYONE?

Here's to toast and applesauce.

It sounds like a herx to me. The chills are a big clue to a herx. I don't think you have C-Diff, but it is best to follow your dr's orders. Your dr is looking out for you.

Which antibiotics are you taking? Some cause an upset stomach. That might be part of it.

Thank you so much for the replies and concern....

Shortly after I started this thread, I developed a fever.... so at that point, with Labcorp closed for the weekend, my practitioner suggested we go ahead and treat for C Diff just in case. I welcomed any solutions at that point... I hadn't had a fever like that in YEARS, and I felt like I was on my way out, if you know what I mean. Every symptom I have had during this whole entire fiasco reared up its ugly head.... insane muscle cramping to the point I could hardly walk, headache, sore neck, burny skin.... it was frightening, to be honest.

So every 8 hours now, I'm taking Flagyl. It was a long night, with a dozen or so trips to the bathroom... but I was happy to wake up in a pool of sweat this morning, meaning my fever had broken. Today has been a slow one.... but luckily I was able to get out into the sunshine a little bit. My temperature has gone up and down, but mostly down, and I haven't felt nearly as miserable as I did last night. I've been quite sore and tender, and my neck has been hurting so badly today that some moments it seems darn near impossible to hold my head up. Because Flagyl kills lyme in its cyst form, my doc thinks some of this might be herxing. While I've had some cramping, I haven't had a bowel movement since this morning.... so I think hopefully, I'm on the upswing!!! :)

Yes, thank you so much for letting us know how you are! And please do continue to update us. I hope that this is the last of your issues and you continue to heal.