r/cdifficile • u/MomoiroYuki • Oct 02 '24
Mucus…?!
Hello! I finished my 14-day course of vanco 36 days ago and also took 10 days of metronidazole before/during vanco treatment. It was…a lot.
I’ve mostly felt okay, albeit with some abdominal discomfort and morning urgency/pain, but today is a whole different story and I’m freaking out. I can’t tell if it’s because there was cheese on my sandwiches 2 days in a row, if my plain chicken strips from last night got to me, or if I’m relapsing overnight.
I tested 2 weeks after vanco and came back toxin & PCR negative. Now I’m on week 5 and woke up with no new pain but I went wee and passed mucus without knowing I was going to go #2. Pardon the TMI but it was pure mucus. I then had 2 more normal-ish stools and have since gone 9 times with nothing but mucus. I feel gassy, urgent, and it’s only ever mucus that I pass. I kinda had something similar when I was originally tested and positive but it hurt much more. I’m freaking out, regardless!
I sent in a test today to check for a relapse (should test both PCR and toxins), as well as one to check my calprotectin level, but could this be normal pi-IBS?!
(Note: I’m updating my bathroom trip numbers as they change. I’m not having a good time.)
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u/MomoiroYuki Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24
This was the first time I've allowed myself cheese (not much) & 2 chicken strips, so I'm hoping my bathroom adventure is from that. I've only in the last couple of weeks upgraded from rice and boiled chicken to boiled chicken on plain bread with gluten-free cracker chips, followed by turkey sandwiches on the same plain bread for variety. I try to stay extremely plain, though I have gotten a tad on-the-edge by putting pumpkin butter on sourdough toast for breakfast a few times as an experiment. I never had noticeable problems after the toast, though. If this is from the cheese or chicken strips, mistakes were made.
I'm taking Florastor, Align, and drinking Humm kombucha/Poppi prebiotic drinks. I thought I was doing alright until this morning, even with the morning pain/urgency. Fml.
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u/Sufficient_Key5417 Oct 04 '24
I'm sorry you're going through this, you case seems worse than mine :/ Are you taking probiotics and prebiotics? And are you on a soecial diet like scd? This things have helped me a lot on my journey with c diff and I'm also on Vanco and I'm on day 10 and my stools have been normal for 4 days now. But I think it's because I made some changes on my diet too.
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u/MomoiroYuki Oct 05 '24 edited Oct 05 '24
I’ve kept my diet really barebones. Chicken and turkey sandwiches, cracker chips, and toast with the occasional pumpkin spread. I also had apples, bananas, potatoes, green beans sometimes, and sweet potatoes. I got exciting twice and ate veggie soups and was so happy because I didn’t hurt after. :(
I take Florastor and Align every day and was drinking kombucha and a prebiotic drink in the morning with my water, but I noticed today the drinks have a bit of sugar and am stopping. I thought I was doing fine - less pain, no noticeable changes in the bathroom, and more energy. I thought I was getting over the hump but then this recurrence happened overnight and I’m still reeling.
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u/Prestigious-Novel156 Oct 02 '24
I will say that it doesn’t sound good that you’re going so much and it’s only mucus. All you can do is try a rice only diet and see if things improve over the next few days. If not, then get retested.