If anything, it would be classified as a "food allergy." I kind of expected this as I have read so many posts where you all have had your docs say basically the same thing. She wants me to go back on the Entocort, and thinks that it will be OK if the c-diff is gone. sigh....but first I need to have another sample checked for c-diff. We discussed treatment if c-diff is still there, and she prefers me to stay with the FLagyl. She thinks the mystery item that shows up in the t-bowl once in a while (that I described as looking like the tip of a finger) is a vitamin pill that is not dissolving. So I then asked about malabsorption....no...if I had a malabsoption problem I would look like the little kids in Africa with the scrawny legs and swollen bellies. She said it was not unusual for meds or vitamins to pass through quickly and not be dissovled; when I described my adventure with the spinach omelette that showed up 6 hours later in the middle of a furniture store....well, that was not unusual either. 
And cetrtainly not an indication of malabsorption. When I spoke of the study Mike posted aobut celiac being common in patients with MC, she said there was not enough empirical evidence. I didn't scream or rant or turn red....just smiled and thanked her for the visit and left. I decided it just wasn't worth the stress of arguing with her . This AM I got the call from my primary care doc that the c-diff tests were positive. So called the GI doc this afternoon and talked with the nurse...they didn't get a copy of the results....imagine that!! the physician requestng the test didn't get the results!! 
SO the nurse faxed a request over to the primary care doc for results....and then later they called in Rx for vancomycin. ( I guess she changed her mind about round 2 of Flagyl.) Local pharmacy has to order it and Vanco will be here tomorrow. so.....there we are....another episode of As the world turns in the Days of Our Lives in General Hospital!! 
Just gotta lalugh!! or else I'd cry!!
Meanwhile I have been reading thru the c-diff support group and learning about various probiotics and some names were familiar as folks here have mentioned them...like culturelle and VSL3. I already am on Florastor and will be looking for some others too. Thanks for listening....I want some chocolate or something sweet....think I''ll make a nice gooey Sugar free and flour free lsomething or other!! and yes, i think i am an emotional eater!!!!!!!!Oh! forgot this...the test kit from Entero labs came but I will have to wait to send in a sample till Monday as Mon thru Wed are the only days they want you to ship , so will have to wait some more for Entero Lab's report.
from me!
for ya. Love Oma
One of the best ways for a doctor to REALLY understand a disease is to actually come down with it. LOL! It's easy for a doc to be unconcerned about MC without ever having experienced that old familiar "bathroom boogie", with all of the associated fear, embarrassment, and anxiety. Only those of us who have been there/done that really know what it is like. That is a major reason why we are a family here....we have walked in each other's shoes and KNOW how miserable MC can be.