Back on September 10, 2012, I was given augmentin for a cold. Within two weeks I had extreme diarrhea so I called the prescribing doctor and was told to go to the emergency room that I may possibly be in Acute Renal Failure. I headed down to the ER where I continued to wait for hours. I will never forget that day, the ER was over-crowded and I was given a gurney in the hallway. I saw more than I needed to on that day. No one should ever witness someone dying and being removed from the ER or drunk people abusing the hospital staff. I am guessing this is one reason they have rooms in the ER. Hours later I was sent home with another antibiotic but when I opened the bag and read the side effects it stated, “May cause diarrhea.” There was no way that I was about to take this medication so I called my doctor in the morning to see what she recommended and she asked me to come into the office to have my poop tested. WHAT?? I have had many urine cultures done in my time but never had my poop tested. Never did I imagine this would become routine either.
A few days later I received a phone call from the doctors office stating that I had C-Diff. I have what?
Clostridium difficile (klos-TRID-e-um dif-uh-SEEL), also known as Clostridioides difficile and often referred to as C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon.
For over a year I suffered from this C-Diff. I was in the bathroom EVERY SINGLE TIME I ate or drank. I had accidents more times than I can count. I was put on dialysis because I could not have my living donor transplant. I took pills and syrups, I had a pic-line in my arm and was giving myself medication. I had 2 fecal transplants…Not one, but two! The one that finally took was on May 28, 2013.
And so I share this story tonight after being on dialysis for four hours today listening to the news about people hoarding toilet paper. According to the CDC, The following symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure: Fever, Cough, Shortness of breath.
WHY ARE PEOPLE BINGE-BUYING TOILET PAPER? How about thermometers? Cough drops? Cough Syrup? PLEASE, go easy on toilet paper for those out there dealing with diseases that cause diarrhea!!
STACY NEEDS A KIDNEY 
Long time supporter, and thought I’d drop a comment.
Your wordpress site is very sleek – hope you don’t mind me asking what theme you’re using?
(and don’t mind if I steal it? :P)
I just launched my site –also built in wordpress like yours– but the theme slows (!) the site down quite a bit.
In case you have a minute, you can find it by searching for “royal cbd”
on Google (would appreciate any feedback) – it’s still in the works.
Keep up the good work– and hope you all take care of yourself during the coronavirus scare!
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