O/T: Flagyl, Bactrim, augmentin for wife's diverticulitis

Hi y'all,
A little off topic but I figured folks here have used these abx: Flagyl, augmentin, Bactrim.

My dw got real sick a couple of weeks ago and spent 8 days in the hospital for diverticular abscesses. She never knew she had diverticulosis until the level 10 abdominal pain started up and I took her to the er. They had to surgically place 2 drains, had her on iv zosyn, dilaudid, and oral oxycodone while in the hospital.

They sent her home with oral augmentin and Flagyl.

Augmentin : She couldn't hack the augmentin as it puked her within an hour of each dose. Anyone here had trouble with augmentin?

Flagyl: She can just tolerate the Flagyl but she gets very dizzy after each dose. Anybody experience this? Any recommendations to help the dizziness?

Bactrim: She stopped the augmentin and the Dr gave her Bactrim which she'll start tonite. Unfortunately, nausea and vomiting are side effects of Bactrim also.
Any experience with Bactrim?

These adverse reactions are listed on the sheet from the pharmacy. They offered Levaquin first but she refused, said she's allergic to flouroquinolones 😉, thus the augmentin. I was hoping someone here has found a way to deal with these side effects.

Poor dear, she did fine on the iv zosyn. In 36 years of marriage, this is the first illness she's had besides the very rare cold or flu. Very upsetting to see your loved one suffer so. After almost 2 weeks, she still needs the oxy and remains mostly bed fast. I hate opioids but this isn't your garden variety pain. I guess we'll have to deal with the withdrawal once the pain ebbs. Looks like another malady where the cure is as bad as the disease.

Trying to still take care of me too while playing nurse, not easy but glad I'm beyond the worst of my ld. Not my favorite way to get my mind off of my own troubles with Lyme& Co.

Any antibiotic makes me puke. I have to do soda crackers and 7 up to keep them down.

And this is why I had to go to herbs for ld.

I'm so sorry for your wife. The pain of diverticulitis is horrible, I personally know this. It also is not a gradual pain. It is *boom* full blown pain.

I healed mine with bone broth. But, I was not as bad as your wife.

Healing hugs to her, poor thing. We wives with diver are sure lucky to have wonderful husbands.

My pops had a similar episode at hospital with similar sx. They offered flagy and gave blood for all he lost but diverticulitis is a bs dx imo .so we tested with this great parasite doc and we found that he has hook worms ,round worms and a tapeworm ...none of which would even be phased by the abx ...even clearing the way for them to flourish more . .we passed his expensive african herbs and went to ivermectin ,prazi, albendazole and pyrantal
pm me on lymenet if you want his contact .if its protozoal or gram neg then maybe abx will help .
also we got him on a liquid diet and bone broth for a few weeks to stop the bleeding .hugz to you hope that helps

bjd55 ...surgery is bad news ...before healing can occur and it can it may take months or year but the offending insult to the gut must first be eradicated ...what is causing the inflammation? it aint almonds

www.parasitetesting.com/tests.cfm

Update: I found an rx review site and found many women who had taken Flagyl for bv and complained of the same severe side effects: dizzy, fatigue, brain fog, <appetite, delirium. Saw pcp yesterday and he said to stop the Flagyl. Yay!
She's tolerating the Bactrim just fine. She's definitely not ready to resume her zumba classes, but is eating a bit more, and feels more human. She hasn't needed oxycodone now for 24 hrs. Progress!
Thx for the kind words of support.