I had an episode of left sided pain and was put on a broad spectum antibiotic by my GP (previously dx with diverticulosis 6 months prior). I was nursing in a hospice and there was a huge outbreak of c diff at the local hospital and there were patients being transferred to us so that is thought where I got c diff. I was admitted to the emergency dept with high temp, WCC 19,000, severe generalised abdo pain, vomiting and explosive, offensive diarrhoea. I was commenced on gentamycin and cefuroxime in hosp and deteriorated to critical stage. I was being treated for diverticulitis only (not c diff). 4 days post admission it was found I had c diff and eventually discharged home on metronidazole. After 4 more hosp admissions and an anterior resection and a defunctioning ileostomy for six months I question whether or not the gentamycin and cefuroxime caused more damage than good and why I wasnt given vancomyin as soon as it was know I was c diff pos as I had been metronidazole for several weeks by that time.