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I talked to Carmen this afternoon. This was originally my quarterly appointment for the Ritalin prescription. That only took a couple of minutes, long enough to confirm that the meds are still working reasonably well, and ask if she could write the next prescription for 87 days after I filled the previous 90-day prescription.
Then we talked about my gut. I was hoping to be able to tell her that it had been (just) over 4 days since the last episode of diarrhea, but alas, I had one today, not quite four full days since the previous.
It turns out that when they said the symptoms might last for a while after finishing the antibiotics for C. diff, "a while" means a couple of months.
So:
I will continue to track tbe symptoms/how often I need to take Imodium.
Get another package of the probiotic, because it might help and won't hurt.
Carmen isn't going to put me in touch with the infectious disease specialist unless I'm still having symptoms at the end of February.
If I need another antibiotic, Carmen may look into fecal transplant to reset my microbiome, ditto if the symptoms go away soon, but I have a recurrence at some point in the future.
I had a frustrating time getting through to the customer service department for my Visa card: the number printed on my card, and as "lost/stolen and general inquiries" on last month's bill, connected me to the collections department. I eventually got someone in that department to connect me to customer service, where it turned out that they hadn't issued a new card to replace the one that expires at the end of this week. The agent ordered me a new card, and predicted it would get here in 3-5 business days. She suggested calling on Monday to check, if I don't get it before then. I asked her for the number to call, and she gave me a number that might work. It's not the one printed on the card, and it's not the one I got from the first collections agent, which was out of service.
I went out for a brief walk this afternoon, because I've spent too much time sitting indoors, and I wanted a little exercise that isn't just my PT exercises.
Then we talked about my gut. I was hoping to be able to tell her that it had been (just) over 4 days since the last episode of diarrhea, but alas, I had one today, not quite four full days since the previous.
It turns out that when they said the symptoms might last for a while after finishing the antibiotics for C. diff, "a while" means a couple of months.
So:
I will continue to track tbe symptoms/how often I need to take Imodium.
Get another package of the probiotic, because it might help and won't hurt.
Carmen isn't going to put me in touch with the infectious disease specialist unless I'm still having symptoms at the end of February.
If I need another antibiotic, Carmen may look into fecal transplant to reset my microbiome, ditto if the symptoms go away soon, but I have a recurrence at some point in the future.
I had a frustrating time getting through to the customer service department for my Visa card: the number printed on my card, and as "lost/stolen and general inquiries" on last month's bill, connected me to the collections department. I eventually got someone in that department to connect me to customer service, where it turned out that they hadn't issued a new card to replace the one that expires at the end of this week. The agent ordered me a new card, and predicted it would get here in 3-5 business days. She suggested calling on Monday to check, if I don't get it before then. I asked her for the number to call, and she gave me a number that might work. It's not the one printed on the card, and it's not the one I got from the first collections agent, which was out of service.
I went out for a brief walk this afternoon, because I've spent too much time sitting indoors, and I wanted a little exercise that isn't just my PT exercises.
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