It's interesting--my husband was not in the hospital and he was not immunocompromised when he got recurrent C Diff. He picked it up somewhere before then (maybe a public restroom or the walk in clinic where he saw a dr--who kows?)and C Diff took over when his normal intestinal flora was out of wack. C Diff manifested and took over when he went on antibiotics and the good bacteria was wiped out. Course after course of Flagyl and then vancomycin did not touch it a long time. Many doctors are not familar with recurrent c. diff and tough cases. I think it's very important to be on good quality probiotics (acidophylis, bifidus, FOS which feeds good bacteria etc) when on antibiotics (in BETWEEN does) and after done with antibiotics for awhile (the refrigerated kind form Health Food Store or the high quality non refrigerated kind like Culturelle). Youurt with active cultures also has it but less than what are in concentrated pills.
Sarah, I find all my cartoons and jokes on the internet by doing searches for them (a lot are medically related) and friends also now pass along humourous things they think I'll enjoy. I'm trying to seek out funny things every day ( God's Rx in the Bible: "a merry heart does good like medicine"). You'll find my favorites in my blog (check archives--sprinkled throughout) if you want to pull some out and copy for your oncologist or anybody else wants to use them, you're welcome.
http://jpoliver.com/wordpress/
This is one of my favorite funny things that I got from someone right here in the forum (I forget who--thx whoever it was!) and just adapted a bit then personalized for me because I love the attitude it reflects:
http://jpoliver.com/wordpress/archives/425
Paula