Good advice Barb......and SHE KNOWS of what she speaks......and she's right. I do too as Barb and I had simultaneous attacks a few years ago where we both wound up hospitalized. She was in worse shape than I was and I can't imagine how bad THAT was.

Go back and read through this thread and look for some good advice and some good links. When you are under an attack go to a full liquid diet and then a soft/semi-liquid diet as you improve. This could be for up to two weeks at least. The longer you can rest your bowels the better your result as you get into the high fiber end of things. Let me give you one additional piece of advice here regarding antibiotics and gastric disorders.

Antibiotics kill bacteria and even at their best they can be pretty non-discriminatory in what they kill. Digestion in the large intestine relies on many "good" bacteria. Your infection is from bad bacteria......and the antibiotics sometimes just kill off everything including the good ones. UNFORTUNATELY-----There is a really nasty badass bacteria known as "C-Diff" which is impervious to many antibiotics and takes over as the good guys die. The result is more pain and digestive problems including extreme diarrhea. C-Diff is killed (of course) by antibiotics but only a very narrow band of the drugs and if that doesn't do it, you are literally going to be in deep shit for the rest of your life.   Read some about it. Clostridium Difficile is not your friend.

I had this little bugger as well and I still take pearl form probiotics which supply good bacteria to the gut as well as eating yogurt. And that is what I would suggest for anyone on a heavy antibiotic regimen......yogurt. It can at least provide some additional good bacteria as you are taking the drugs. C-Diff has become a major problem throughout the country.

Spaw