I have bacteria!!

Avatar for cl_shywon
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-20-2003
I have bacteria!!
23
Tue, 02-07-2006 - 11:26pm

The doctor's office called today and said my biopsy was positive for H. pylori bacteria in my stomach, which means I just have to take two antibiotics and prevacid for a week and it should be gone!

Pages

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-05-2005
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 5:53pm

ah, not so fast dear one. My mom was diagnosed with a tummy bacteria(not yours, but similar) and a sinus infection all in one week. She was on one AB for two weeks and then it wasn't working so they tried two others the next two weeks....beware of the dreaded C-diff that can be deadly. C-diff is contracted in the colon when you are on multiple AB's. Remember that the AB's wipe out ALL BAD bacteria, but also the good stuff...leaving your digestive tract squeeky bacteria free and at c-diff's mercy. EAT ALOT OF YOGURT before during and after your AB popping. It will help deter the c-diff from killing your internal organs. why do i feel like a medical encyclopedia right now..ROFL.

Honey, i do not want to spook you. I just know from watching my mom. she was so ill from being on the AB's for so long. Not just her, but 3 other people in her church came down with c-diff and died from it...she was lucky...docs caught it before it truly multiplied as it did for the others in her parish. Course they were over 60. But after reading a few articles online about c-diff...even children are not safe from that infectious bacteria mutation.

I am glad it isn't anything too bad. good luck. prayers coming your way plus a lit candle in your name.

Avatar for cl_shywon
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-20-2003
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 7:10pm

Not trying to spook me?

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-05-2005
Tue, 02-14-2006 - 2:02pm

awwwwwwwwweee, i guess that makes two of us that like to be as well informed as we can. I can't imagine how abnormal life can be for you but knowing what i go through i can only hope it is not as bad as some other people i know with IBS/IBD/Chrones,etc. I have a hard time drinking more than 1 cup o'coffee. ROFL, i had 2 days off in a row this week so i tortured myself with 4 cups just to make my bowels move since they have been constipated for that past 6 days. i know...TMI...rofl. anyway....I know my trigger foods now and when i know my system needs a release and i have days off in a row from work i will cleanse my system the wrong way...rofl... i can't afford that dang colon cleanse stuff from the newspaper..yet it sounds worth the money. i think i will look at the gnc for a similar product. i like the products from helpforibs.com but again...it is an expense that i can't afford right now. i can't wait for summer when my hours go back up to 40. it is slow at the hotel now so i am getting under parttime hours.
I hope you do find a good system that works for you, being in constant pain from ibs stress and whatever else is not fun.
OMG, shy...my X shocked me ...he gave me a Valentines day kiss. I was not expecting it ...he truly took my by surprise. the kids were upstairs, his gf wasn't home and he and i were discussing some issues in his current relationship that he is unhappy with and i said to him that he needs to detach from this relationship he is in and find his true happiness while he is by himself...as i am doing. thats when he just stands up comes over to me and leans down and kisses me. I pushed him away and said ..."i don't need this and i don't want it, look if you still think we should try to reconcile...then you better be SINGLE, in your own place, QUIT SMOKING, start therapy/couseling, and let the kids go to ohio with me for their cousins HS grad." I was pretty demanding but dang...i had my suspitions about what he was after from me but i do not feel i am ready for such thing. heck, that kiss he planted on me did nothing for me, i felt nothing, even the aftershock was dead.

SHY, do you know anyone who has been divorced for 5 or more years and have reconciled and it has worked out? I love my singlehood and i can't seem to want to give it up. I don't know if i even want to date him again, even if he does leave his present squeeze.
I am taking my time with this issue...i have no hurries about it and i will not let him rush me ...in fact he has already told me he does not want to rush into a relationship again with me because he is not sure it could work, except for the honest fact he still has strong feelings for me and cares about me.
I shall ponder this a great while.

Pages