10-year-old Emma puts severe Ulcerative Colitis in remission with DIY FMT from her mom (2013)

[Michael Harrop]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-5-QOjTkEs

A second video with a little more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLIndT7fuGo

It references this blog, but most of the saves are unavailable https://web.archive.org/web/20130113144423/http://thepowerofpoo.blogspot.com/

Donor: Mother.

• The mother supplements with magnesium to soften her own stool to make the preparation easier.
• She did blood & stool tests on herself through her primary doctor.
• She blends the stool in a blender, then strains it.

We didn't do any bowel cleansing prep. We did do a triple antibiotic therapy for 10 days beforehand. My daughter's GI doctor prescribed them. She took rifampin, flagyl, and vancomycin.

For right now, we are looking at it as a treatment (though I hope it's a cure!) because I don't know and nobody can tell me for sure what will happen if we stop doing FT and/or stop the sulfasalazine. I am not taking any chances with my child since what we have been doing is clearly working for her. I'll take this over Remicade and/or colectomy any day.

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Symptoms: severe fatigue, severe diarrhea up to 11 times a day. Stool was filled with blood.

She was on several medications to manage the symptoms. Prior to FMT, she was going to be put on Remicade or have her Colon removed.

The FMTs were done via Enema.

Within 24 hours of the first FMT, almost all her symptoms were gone. But they continued doing them for 9 months.

Emma doesn't think FMT is gross, but says it smells a bit when her mother is preparing it in the bathroom.

 

[SFBayFMT5]

It's great that it worked so quickly for her. She's also lucky that doctors were already willing to help this family out and recommend FMT back in 2014.

It's also a shame that someone her age was so sick already.

 

[FMTdriver]

It's great that it worked so quickly for her. She's also lucky that doctors were already willing to help this family out and recommend FMT back in 2014.

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Having a supportive and understanding medical professional makes a lot of difference. Also, having good healthy FMT donors within your family who are willing to help you.

Unfortunately, most medical professionals are ignorant and un-empathetic. And finding healthy donors within your family who are willing to donate for long term is also hard and uncommon.

I'd assume, that 10-15 years down the line, when everyone is sick and suffering from chronic health issues, mass population will try FMT and FMT will get popularity and acceptance.

Not right now though because the rich, successful and socially adjusted people are living their life fully. They are too ignorant and un-empathetic to understand FMT and help out people like us who are looking to do FMT.

 

[Michael Harrop]

I'd assume, that 10-15 years down the line, when everyone is sick and suffering from chronic health issues, mass population will try FMT and FMT will get popularity and acceptance.

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This is completely erroneous. Chronic disease and poor health already afflict the vast majority of the population. They can't try FMT because safe and effective donors are not available, and will never be because people are too ignorant and lazy to do anything to make them so.

Not right now though because the rich, successful and socially adjusted people are living their life fully. They are too ignorant and un-empathetic to understand FMT and help out people like us who are looking to do FMT.

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They're not living their lives fully. Many of them are as unhealthy as anyone else. Nearly every week, I see the news cover a wealthy celebrity dying of a condition curable with FMT. They're as ignorant as lazy as anyone else.

 

[FMTdriver]

This is completely erroneous. Chronic disease and poor health already afflict the vast majority of the population. They can't try FMT because safe and effective donors are not available, and will never be because people are too ignorant and lazy to do anything to make them so

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This is not what I meant. And there is no need for your hostile and harsh tone for that Mr. Harrop.

Yes, you are right that nearly everyone (especially those living in cities) are suffering from chronic health issues or are on the path of it in upcoming years. Hardly anyone is healthy and has a perfect microbiome.

However, these people are still getting by in their lives. They are participating in society, have good social life and career. Someone who has diabetes, heart issues or any other metabolic/Chronic disease.won't have urgency of motivation to look into FMT and a FMT donor.

Why ? Because, as long as their career, money, social life is not getting affected much and are going smooth, they wouldn't bother. I confidently say this because this is what I see around me and this is what's the norm in most places if not all.

And I agree that they are lazy and ignorant. Even stupid. But I also say, that it will take more years for FMT acceptance and popularity among masses.

Until and Unless, an urgency arrives among these stupid ignorant and lazy masses, and they become bedridden and their lifestyle deteriorates, they won't understand or try FMT easily. And this will take some years to happen.

Same answer for rich, successful and socially adjusted people.

They are getting by in their lives. They are not bedridden and lonely, and living in survival mode like you and me. They just simply won't get it.