u/momimatrix

Hey guys, I'm about a month post-vanco, or just about. I was dealing a lot with switching between normal bowel movements and an occasional episode of diarrhea for a while, but now I've officially gone a week without a single bowel movement.

I'm taking miralax as per a doctor's instructions and praying that it works lol, no more white rice for me because I think my over dependence on it to calm my stomach+ skipping meals was what caused this.

My temp leave from work is about to end so now I'm just worried about all the gut problems I have now that have left me unable to leave my house for almost two months now. I just want this to end already.

Update one day later: finally had a BM, I'm planning on doing a low fodmap diet after this and just avoiding common IBS irritants. No more only eating white rice.

I'm about two weeks post vanco, still having some occasional tummy troubles, fasting seems to be the only thing that helps. I am taking the generic florastor, have been since the vanco.

I got c diff after being misdiagnosed with a bladder infection and given Keflex. I actually have painful bladder syndrome because of my endometriosis, and need to go to pelvic PT but can't go for the foreseeable future because of c diff.

Because of my painful bladder problems and also a hymenectomy,, I actually haven't been intimate with my partner since April of 2025, I went on the keflex after what felt like hundreds of doctors appointments trying to fix it so I could resume our sex life, now I'm defeated.

I don't know how long we need to abstain, and oral sex just feels like something I can never receive again which really sucks. I guess I'm just wondering if I can ever actually have sex without just immediately fucking contaminating everything? Like I didn't even get to really have it outside of like oral since I needed a hymenectomy, I don't want to be a virgin forever. :( When did you guys go back to your normal sex lives, if ever?

(Also apologies for the long winded post, there's a lot going into why this is so hard for me)

I need to get back to work already, but my stomach is so unreliable these days, it's a bummer. I switch between being constipated and being sick so easy.

My safe foods are really limited: boiled chicken, white rice, plain potatoes, and pretzels. Dairy free yogurt used to be on that list but it recently started making me sick so I had to stop.

As of today, I only had pretzels and that set off my stomach too, so I might be down yet another safe food :/ Currently fasting until my shift tomorrow at 5 pm (currently 1:30 am for me) because I'll be working solo and unable to leave my post to go to the bathroom or anything. Any tips on managing these symptoms?

I'm four days post vanco, was pretty constipated for most of that and on a plain diet, ate a bunch of small bites of different food yesterday tho and now had an episode of diarrhea and nausea again :(

My OCD really wants to jump to worrying about a recurrence already, even though it's still too early to tell. As is, I already have to fight the urge to change or shower every single time I go to the bathroom, even just to pee.

I already wash my hands at least 5 times every bathroom visit, 30-40 seconds each depending on how freaked out I feel 😭 bleaching everything, washing my hands in between every step in the literal shower. If I touch my pants on accident, I'll immediately go wash my hands a few times because I consider my pants to be contaminated no matter what.

I enrolled in therapy though, because my contamination OCD is really getting out of hand atp. I'm quarantining myself again for a couple days, this shit sucks.

I'm sorry for posting here a lot, I just feel super alone in treating this.

I see a lot of really tough cases on here, and it's been really hurting my mental state, I just find myself doom scrolling a lot on here and thinking of the worst case scenarios.

I hope that the one round of vanco will be enough for me, I've been driving myself insane cleaning and increasing my probiotics.

I'm talking to my doctor tomorrow since I finished my vanco today, I can't control the future and I have OCD so I don't do well with uncertainty or lacking control of things. Life just seems super hopeless, and like it ended before it even began since I'm barely 20. I've had to miss a lot of important events with family and being out of work for so long has been causing drama there unfortunately. I guess I just regret basically everything that led me here, in a super dark place.

We all know that this stuff is contagious by now, but how long did you guys continue to isolate during and after treatment?

Today's the last day of my treatment and unfortunately my stomach got messed up again from some blueberries I had :( I'll continue to isolate until my stomach gets back to normal though.

MAJOR VENT WARNING BTW

This is my first time ever having it or being treated for it, I Google stuff about it and am on this subreddit at least once an hour.

I have OCD, being sick and anything contagious makes me spiral like this. I'm about to finish my medicine, my last dose of vanco is on Sunday morning and I still feel absolutely fucked over.

My stomachs okay, I don't have any symptoms and haven't since day four. I've been self isolating since I got the diagnosis, my boyfriend just got prophylactic doxycycline from his doctor because of issues with his insurance not letting him get the ultrasound he needed.

I know I need to stop seeing him for a while (even though I haven't in weeks) because the antibiotics they put him on will make it easier for him to catch stuff from me, and that's really hurting me mentally. I guess this all just feels really hopeless, all I see online about C Diff just makes it sound like a life sentence and like I'll always be contagious.

I bleach everything, wash my hands for 60 seconds (I count) every time with hot water, constantly showering, changing my clothes multiple times a day when I get the urge to. Washing everything in hot water, even got the clorox healthcare wipes from Amazon. Got all the probiotic shit and am taking it three hours after every dose of vanco. Still feels pretty useless.

This shits ruined my life already, how does anyone avoid breaking down multiple times a day over it?

Hey all,

I ordered Florastor just to see that it contains lactose on the package today, I'm EXTREMELY lactose intolerant. Like, very very sensitive to even the slightest bit.

I've been eating a lot of dairy free yogurt that does contain probiotics during my Vanco, and planning to do that alongside a regular probiotic or kombucha afterwards, would that be enough to prevent a relapse? This is my first time ever having or being treated for C Diff, so I'm not sure about a lot of things.

Hi, first post here.

I've been dealing with moderate symptoms for few weeks now after being on Keflex for a UTI. The symptoms were pretty manageable, I just got tested since I had a brief bout of stomach upset after being okay for a week. (I was taking probiotics after the antibiotics to help with the stomach symptoms I got during them, and they helped for a bit)

It was indeterminate on the PCR, but positive for toxins after they tested it more.

I have been on vanco for three days, feeling worse. Struggling to sleep or eat because of the gurgling feeling, stomach cramps, and nausea. I called my doctor and he switched me to Flagyl for 14 days with zofran instead.

Is this going to work or should I continue the vanco and call again for another opinion? He said that the Flagyl should work just as well since I'm otherwise healthy.