Could it be C Diff?

Hello all,

I'm not sure I'm in the right place to be asking about this.  I recently had oral surgery and they gave me clyndimaycin to keep an infection from blooming.  I got a small case of oral thrush so they had me stop taking the antibiotic after only a few days of taking it.  I had a weird taste in my mouth so I looked up clyndimaycin side effects on the net (big mistake) and since have been worried out of my mind about c diff (something I'd never even heard of).

I bought and started taking acidophillus tablets about a week ago to help get my flora back in check and since I've had what I guess you would call loose stools.  See thing is before any of this I went to the restroom probably 4 or 5 times a day and usually did have kinda loose stools or at least not totally regular ones.  I know the probiotic will regulate you just like yogurt so there is that.

The only symptom I have is 2 or 3 times a day having sort of loose stools.  Before I read on the net I wouldn't have even considered it diarhea.  I have no fever and no cramps or pain that I can really tell.  As currently I don't have insurance and rely on the Indian Hospital (which means an entire day missing work getting wrote up and missing pay) I can't just go in on a whim.  On the same hand this is driving me crazy not knowing and I have a wife and child that I don't want to pass it on to if that is the case.

My question I suppose is would I really know if I had C Diff?  If it was pretty mild how would I know I had it besides the loose stools?  They don't really look much different and no mucus or blood that I can tell.  Should I stop taking the probiotic?  I'm concerned if I do that I'll have much worse symptoms that maybe it's holding it in check.

I would like to hear from someone that has had c diff and see if maybe this sounds familiar.  I may have anxiety problems a bit so this is driving me crazy.  Any help, advice, or just calm downs would be appreciated.  Thanks. 

Also I took diflucan about a week after the clindimaycin to clear up my thrush.

Again I'm sorry you had such strong and horrible sounding symptoms.  So advice then would be to stop worrying until/if I display more serious side effects?

Thanks so much.

Having been hospitalized twice this year with c dif there is one thing i have noticed that the smell of you D and gas has a particular aroma (sorry folks). I self diagnosed the second bout by the smell early enough to sort out a treatment plan with my \GP and hospital as i was flaring at the time.

The smell for me comesw before other swymjptoms eg fever, cramps and smoothie type poos with lots of bubbles in it. Sorry to be so graphic, the smell is strong but has a very sweet undertone to it so i was aware of this through farting a day or so before other symptoms.

I hope this helps.