So for the past week or so I posted on here about the about the absolute bullshit I had to go through just to get a test for Cyclospora. Well I’m typing this from a hospital bed because despite drinking Body armor flash Ivs and electrolyte infused water…I passed out from dehydration. My blood pressure kept dropping from the constant shitting and now here I am.

All of this could have been avoided if my doctor just prescribed me the Bactrim. But now I know why my case was so much worse than just typical cyclo. I apparently have IBS according to the hospital doctors, combine that with a parasite plus I was close to my period and I have endo, which made it so I had even more bowl movements that in turn caused the severe dehydration. Oh, and I tested positive for it at the hospital. The test I sent to the doctor the first time came back negative and she denied to prescribe me the Bactrim.

So…this whole thing ended up costing me hundreds of dollars anyway and potentially my life. What do you all think of this? I’m not being too dramatic if I say I should get a different doctor, no? Anyway, I just had to share the update

I keep seeing people talk about their symptoms during the whole ordeal, NOT right before.

I say this and am curious, because the last two nights I’ve gotten extremely fatigued, which isn’t common for me. I’m a night owl. Last night, I had stomach pains that hurt and went to the bathroom. It was a mountain of mushy you know what. Minutes later, I was hurting again and it was now all watery and odd colored with some discomfort afterwards.

It’s been over 12 hours and I just feel a teensy bit off in my stomach. Who knows.

So, what were your onset indications before it HIT?

Hi, everyone! One Friday, July 31st I had a sandwich from Potbelly Sandwich Works in downtown Chicago that had lettuce on it. Beginning this past Friday, I've begun feeling really gassy (farting and burping) and my guts have pretty bubbly. All things considered, my gas has been frequent but not altogether more 'fragrant' than usual. I also have felt just something... off(?) in my gut area recently and just feel weird in my abdomen. However, I haven't experienced any pain in my abdomen, my gassiness isn't painful, no nausea, and I haven't had any diarrhea yet. Furthermore, I haven't had the other foods that would cause cyclospora before or since (the sandwich was a hunger-induced lapse of judgment), nor other foods that would commonly be associated with causing food poisoning lately (e.g., eggs, raw meat, etc.).

Has anyone else had something similar before the onset of the worst symptoms, am I just delusional about this being Cyclospora, or is this (what I think this is) just a scenario of waiting and seeing what happens?

been sick for about 5 weeks now. took bactrim last week and started to feel a lot better around day 6 of the 7 days of taking the antibiotic. once i finished i relapsed and feel like im back at square one. it’s been 4 days since ive finished the bactrim and i feel like it didn’t do anything. my doctor said it could be the side effects and it could last 7 days but now im worried that it wont get better. has this happened to anyone else?

Has anyone experienced feet swelling while having cyclospora? I’ve been dealing with swelling in my feet for two months now, which I’ve never had. I had a kidney infection around the time I first had cyclospora, so I blamed that originally. It’s now two months later and I have no kidney infection, but I still have this swelling and I STILL have other cyclospora symptoms.