#ulcerative collitis

1. Hug a squishy pillow to sleep! For some reason the light pressure of spooning a soft pillow eases the pain alittle (and anxiety as well)

2. If you are taking liquid venco (waaaay cheaper than the pill version) you are allowed to wash down the nasty taste with water.

3. DRINK WATER. Seriously. This aids the healing process and keeps you from getting other things on top of cdiff (like the sinus infection I caught right before my flare)

4. Cheese. This might sound odd and may not work for everyone but even in the cdiff tag im not alone on this one. Grilled cheese with chicken broth has been my favorite meal and pretty easy to digest.

5. Use google doccuments or whatever you want to type up your medical history and in big bold font put NO ANTIBIOTICS I AM CDIFF (or cdi) REACTIVE!!! Carry said paper in your bag or car for use at ANY place you can think of that might try to give you antibiotics ( this includes places like the dentist ) You never know when something might send you to the hospital so it is best to be prepared so you don't have to go through this again over a doctor that fucked up like mine did.

6. HYGINE!!! WASH YOUR HANDS FOR 20 SECONDS OR MORE!!! PLEASE!!! cdiff is super hard to kill but theres a new medical clorox out there "clorox health care fuzion" claiming it kills cdiff on hard surfaces and then theres a lysol laundry sanitizer for clothes and bedding.

[Edit] Now that the antibiotics are over its time to deep clean EVERYTHING but more importantly supply good stuff to the barren wasteland that is the gut after antibiotics. Taking a probiotic in the morning and eating probiotic rich foods like yogurt or miso soup is SO IMPORTANT to ward off reinfection.