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DeenaH · 01-18-2013, 06:36 AM

I am in the hospital and diagnosed with CDiff and pneumonia. I am pretty sure I contracted it after lung surgery 1 1/2 years ago, but the tests kept coming back negative back the. I have had issues with diarrhea ever since. We assumed it was the tykerb in combo with the various chemos. FF to this past weekend. The diarrhea became so intense it was out of control. I just finnished. Gamma knife and WBR for brain mets which I'm sure adds to my ailments. So this time the cdiff culture came back positive. What can I expect? I'm worried about the state of my bowels if the cdiff has been wreaking habit for that long. Should I be asking to be scoped to check things out? Any other tests to ask for? Considering taking so many antibiotics for lung infection, I am now taking 4 at the same time.

Any input from those who have been there, done that would be helpful. How long do you think they will keep me in the hospital? Thanks for reading. This cdiff thing came out of nowhere since we thought we were done with the in 2011!

Deena

01-18-2013, 06:36 AM	#1
DeenaH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 129	C-diff I am in the hospital and diagnosed with CDiff and pneumonia. I am pretty sure I contracted it after lung surgery 1 1/2 years ago, but the tests kept coming back negative back the. I have had issues with diarrhea ever since. We assumed it was the tykerb in combo with the various chemos. FF to this past weekend. The diarrhea became so intense it was out of control. I just finnished. Gamma knife and WBR for brain mets which I'm sure adds to my ailments. So this time the cdiff culture came back positive. What can I expect? I'm worried about the state of my bowels if the cdiff has been wreaking habit for that long. Should I be asking to be scoped to check things out? Any other tests to ask for? Considering taking so many antibiotics for lung infection, I am now taking 4 at the same time. Any input from those who have been there, done that would be helpful. How long do you think they will keep me in the hospital? Thanks for reading. This cdiff thing came out of nowhere since we thought we were done with the in 2011! Deena __________________ March 2010: Diagnosed with Stage IIIC IDC with axillary, mammary and suplaclavicular node involvement. ER/PR -, HER2+++. 7cm tumor in right breast. April 2010: Started neoadjuvent chemo. 4 DD A/C every 2 weeks, 4 DD Taxotere every 3 weeks with Herceptin weekly. August 2010: Finished chemo! August 20, 2010: PET/CT showed no cancer in any nodes, and only a little uptake to the breast. September 9, 2010: Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction with implants and Alloderm. September 16, 2010: Pathology report showed 18/51 positive axillary nodes, 3.2cm tumor. Granual sized cancer found in the fatty tissue between levels 1 and 2. October 19, 2010: CT showed several spots on lungs and 1 spot on liver. Liver spot is 2mm, lung spots range from 2mm to 4mm. We don't know if they are cancer or not. 12/15/10: Brain MRI clear 1/7/11: PET/CT 1/13/11: Recurrence in lungs. Start Tykerb 5/13/11: Progression in lungs 6/3/11: Lung surgery to get tumors for chemosensitivity testing.