I just want you guys to know that if you have really bad diarrhea that Immodium doesn't seem to fix...go to the doctor.

I had diarrhea off and on (mostly ON) for 2 weeks and the last 5 days of that 2 weeks of that time I lived in the restroom.

I contacted my doctor and he said, take immodium, eat salad crackers, drink gatorade, go back to liquids, take amoxyl (antibiotic)....that I probably had an intestinal infection...a couple days passed....

I was sick. I got so sick that I couldn't even brush my teeth. The feel of the brush on my tongue or sides of my teeth made me gag and want to throw up. I couldn't stand anything on my tongue or I would gag and almost vomit (no way cuz my tummy was empty). It took me 30 minutes to nibble on a saltine cracker and nothing tasted good. I had a terrible taste in my mouth and I had an odor that wasn't pleasant at all. My mom took me in to see her doctor cuz mine was full and couldn't get in except as walk in and I couldnt wait in an office for 3-4 hours.....

He examined me and sent me straight to ER where I was admitted for extremely severe dehydration..come to find out after tests, I had C-fill and colitis (this usually stems from an antibiotic killing off ALL bacteria and the bad bacteria taking over)...my wbc was up to 25,000 (about 15,000) above normal....

I was in the hospital for 5 days and am still on meds for another 6 days and have to follow up with the specialists to make sure it is all gone.

One bad thing about all this is I gained 5 lbs while I was on the IV's and broth ..makes me wonder what the hell they put in your veins...must be some mighty poweful and high caloric stuff LOL...I'm just glad it got me well though

POINT??????

DO NOT WAIT as long as I did if you have diarrhea and can't get rid of it...go to the doctor before it gets really bad and you get really sick like I did

Linda

Wow, Linda, what an ordeal!! I'm so glad you're OK and back to share your experience. What you had sounds like way more than diarrhea, though--yikes!!

Don't worry about those five pounds, lady. You were short vital amounts of Fluid and that's what landed you in the hospital, and now that fluid is back. You want to lose fat, not the fluid that's keeping you alive!!

Take care of yourself and let us know how you're doing. Welcome back!!

Originally posted by topsy57

One bad thing about all this is I gained 5 lbs while I was on the IV's and broth ..makes me wonder what the hell they put in your veins...must be some mighty poweful and high caloric stuff LOL...I'm just glad it got me well though

Almost thirty years ago (back when they kept people in the hospital for long times), I had cancer and had to have a hysterectomy. Since I was a whopping twenty pounds overweight, I figured that the "silver lining" on the whole surgery cloud was that at least I'd lose a little weight through the whole surgery process. At discharge, after over a week on nothing and then mostly broth and Jello, I weighed five pounds more than I had at admission.

I asked my surgeon what the hell he had put in my IV. He said 4400 calories per day. Seems he didn't want me to get weak.

Sue

LMAO....I think maybe that explains it then...I'm not sure if my doctor had 4400 calories running thru my veins but I considering the weight gain I wouldn't doubt it one bit. Thanks for the info. I go back in a week for a follow up..maybe I'll ask him about it then.

Linda

Hello, I'm glad to hear you are doing better! I wanted to ask what is C-fill? Don't believe I've ever heard of it! As for the 4400 calories <wow!> I bet they put sugar water in the bag??

Ooops it wasn't C-fill...it was C-Diff (Clostridium difficile) sorry about that :/ and let me tell ya it was AWFUL.

I had never been so sick in my life. Sometimes I wish i didnt have a pc cuz since I have been out of the hospital I've been reading up on it and from what I've read, it isn't a good thing to have. I wouldn't wish it on my worse enemy...welllllllllllllllll I might LOL

I'm doing much better now, thanks everyone.

Happy Losing

Linda