Re: OT- Interesting C Diff info

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thank you -i think that's 1 thing i'm getting re-tested for

how does one do a fecal transplant????????

ODD to say the least - but hey whatever fixes us

keep us posted - made ghee today - MAY try tilapia (NOT a fish fan at all ) but

may try fri with ghee/lemon)

eileen

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> So I saw my GI today among many topics discussed was C Diff.

> This has been a constant agonizing problem for me for the past 8 years.

> Only the SCD has helped me.. But I am still far away from being better.

>

> The GI was explaining to me that C Diff is becoming a much bigger problem than

previously thought. It's super resistant, most labs don't check for various

strains and the incubation methods that most labs use is laughable.

>

> He told me that babies in neo-natal units in hospitals- well a massive

percentage of them have C Diff. He refuses to visit newborns in hospitals

especially if a person is taking antibiotics.

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> There are various labs through universities that have better C Diff testing

methods. Jetti Katz in NYC also test for various strains.

>

> He explained to me the big no no of a antibiotic was Clindamycin (which is

what I was prescribed that started this whole circus) and today Levaquin is a

huge nono (I got terribly ill from Levaquin in the hospital- They told me I was

crazy as Levaquin and Cipro are the same class of antibiotics.) Anyway.. he

said Flagyl has basically become useless and pulsing with Vanco is what is

needed today. He also said that fecal transplants are showing very good results

although people are freaked by it (to me it's organic better than what a drug

company would give me) anyway- I asked if it is best to get Fecal transplant

from someone that lives with you as they are exposed to the same

surrounding/bacteria as the patient. He said that is ideal but that person

cannot have any trace of C Diff and needs to be super healthy.

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> He also said giving C Diff patients S Boulardii is very good too.

>

> Here is an interesting link he gave me about a discussion on all the newest

stuff about C Diff;

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> http://www.rmei.com/CDI041/

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> I am going to check it out too.

>

> Jodi

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Eileen,

Are you getting tested through Genova Random Stool?

If so part of that is checking for C Diff along with other buggers.

Do the purge with the test! Don't skip it.

So with Fecal Transplantation- not sure where they source the actual feces from

and what process they use specifically but they put it into an enema and inject

rectally.

This makes so much sense to me as it would be loaded with healthy bacteria that

has been through the human GI tract. It's like a healthy form of a vaccine it

even works on similar principles to homeopathy of treating like with like.

I asked today if it would be best to get the feces " sourced " from someone you

live with and he said that would be ideal but that person would need to be super

duper healthy. The reason I asked this is because it would make sense to me

that whomever the patient lives with well, they are exposed to a lot of the same

microbes and environmental factors that they haven't been affected by.

Jodi

> thank you -i think that's 1 thing i'm getting re-tested for

> how does one do a fecal transplant????????

> ODD to say the least - but hey whatever fixes us

> keep us posted - made ghee today - MAY try tilapia (NOT a fish fan at all )

but may try fri with ghee/lemon)