Uffda..antibiotics!
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Uffda..antibiotics!
Oh brother...I tried to break-up a cat fight and my cat nailed me big time...called doc...went to doc...she said I needed to be on an antibiotic drip, so spent evening in the hospital hooked up to an antibiotic drip and have to take pills for 10 days! I am on Clindaymycin and Levaquin...hope my tum tum is OK. Meanwhile, I have 4 nasty deep puncture wounds in my left hand...grrrr...more soon....JJ
Jill,
I'm sorry to hear about the fallout from the cat incident. I have to agree with your doctor, that cat bites and scratches pose a relatively high risk for infections.
Unfortunately, the Clindamycin that you're taking has a history of being one of those antibiotics that carries a high risk of causing a subsequent C-diff infection, after the antibiotic treatment program is completed. I would suggest that you start taking a good probiotic, as you complete your antibiotic treatmet, just as a safety precaution, to help keep the C-dif from gaining the upper hand.
Here's a post about antibiotics that pose a high C-diff risk:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=870
I hope the treatment doesn't cause any problems,
Tex
I'm sorry to hear about the fallout from the cat incident. I have to agree with your doctor, that cat bites and scratches pose a relatively high risk for infections.
Unfortunately, the Clindamycin that you're taking has a history of being one of those antibiotics that carries a high risk of causing a subsequent C-diff infection, after the antibiotic treatment program is completed. I would suggest that you start taking a good probiotic, as you complete your antibiotic treatmet, just as a safety precaution, to help keep the C-dif from gaining the upper hand.
Here's a post about antibiotics that pose a high C-diff risk:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=870
I hope the treatment doesn't cause any problems,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thanks Tex...my doc said she knew about the possible probs with the meds she was giving me, but I am allergic to the 'illins" The other problem is that the one time I took a probiotic, it caused horrible D, even tried Activia yogurt a month or so ago, and it really set me back. I have an appt with my new GI in the next month...will talk to him...my old GI just retired....hope the new one is decent! Wish me luck! Thanks again for the info...Love, JJ
Jill,
Bummer! You're caught between a rock and a hard place.
Can you eat any of the fermented foods, such as saurkraut, or kefir?
Good luck with your new GI. I hope that he's a winner.
Love,
Tex
Bummer! You're caught between a rock and a hard place.
Can you eat any of the fermented foods, such as saurkraut, or kefir?
Good luck with your new GI. I hope that he's a winner.
Love,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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For future reference, its much safer to let the cats fight it out and then take them to the vet for the IV antibiotics! Of course then they get the pill version too and you put yourself at risk for a bite from an angry cat. I don't understand why they dislike dry swallow pills so much 
. I've taken to using a small syringe (with no needle) to squirt water in their mouths after clamping their jaw shut and it seems to result in less spit out pills.
Anywho, I digress. Hope you have no ill effects and that the hand heals quickly. Next time, use a broom...
Katy
. I've taken to using a small syringe (with no needle) to squirt water in their mouths after clamping their jaw shut and it seems to result in less spit out pills.Anywho, I digress. Hope you have no ill effects and that the hand heals quickly. Next time, use a broom...
Katy
Or spray them with a hose if they are outside. It works on dogs who are behaving in an unseemly manner on the front lawn.
Yeah, let THEM take the antibiotics!!
I am so sorry for all your trouble, Jill. Take care.
Keffir is sour milk. With flavoring. It's kind of a runny yogurt. I think.
Love,
Sally
Yeah, let THEM take the antibiotics!!
I am so sorry for all your trouble, Jill. Take care.
Keffir is sour milk. With flavoring. It's kind of a runny yogurt. I think.
Love,
Sally
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Jill,
Kefir is probably the best choice, as it can actually repopulate your colon, something that yogurt can't do, (though yogurt can help feed beneficial bacteria, after they are repopulated). Here's some kefir info:
http://www.kefir.net/kefiryogurt.htm
and
http://www.kefir.net/
Love,
Tex
Kefir is probably the best choice, as it can actually repopulate your colon, something that yogurt can't do, (though yogurt can help feed beneficial bacteria, after they are repopulated). Here's some kefir info:
http://www.kefir.net/kefiryogurt.htm
and
http://www.kefir.net/
Love,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thanks...yes...I was dumb, dumb, dumb to try to pick-up my cat while she was agitated...we did finally tiurn the hose on the neighbor cat to get him out of my yard...grrrrrr....I yelled at my cat to go in the house...and she did...good kitty.... sort of.....I feel fine so far...just got home from teaching my morning class...off to the dentist this afternoon...oh fun!
TTFN...JJ
TTFN...JJ