Recent content by SFBayFMT5

I noticed in some of the experience threads (e.g. the one on SD_ES_2015) that people mention the difference between immediate release and delayed release capsules. I'm imagining that by "delayed release" they mean "enteric coated", which withstand stomach acid and open in the small intestine...

I was just looking at information on a HMorg donor (UT-AW-1998) and happened to look at the GI-MAP test. I was disappointed to see multiple high potentially inflammatory/dysbiotic bacteria--particularly Pseudomonas (including aeruginosa, though as a minority) and Staphylococcus aureus. The...

That's interesting--I had no reaction/flare after my last (and only) FMT. I have absolutely no information about the donor, though I obviously very much wish I did. Why then do you say that the donors who DID cause a flare are better than the ones who didn't, even though the improvements from...

So reading this I'm assuming that on the other thread, where you stated that you had two donors who stood out as being by far the best but who each only donated once, that you were referring to Donors 1 and 4 in this summary, just because in the introduction you SAY that you would have liked to...

Two quite specific questions about HMorg specifically (feel free to move to forum if there's a better place for it): 1) How does the shipping cost compare to the cost of capsules/stool? In other words, how many capsules worth of money can be saved for each extra shipment that is eliminated by...

I thought either the date on which the ID was created, or some random digit string, plus maybe the location, like for donors (at least I'm assuming that the FL for instance in FL_RS_1997 refers to Florida and the NY in BuddingBear's ID refers to New York, correct me if I'm wrong). If there...

I was looking at the spreadsheet of currently active donors and noticed what seems to be a shortcoming regarding the recipient IDs. Aside from Michael Harrop's own reports, none of the recipients seem repeated across different donors. Clearly not every recipient tried every donor, but I'd expect...

I agree fully with arcty's post that started this thread. I am going to cross-post here a slightly modified version of my first post on this forum--which was originally posted on Michael Harrop's profile and was then moved to a thread discussing the rational for HMorg donor criteria. It's about...

I'm assuming using the email on the orders page of HMorg?

To both you and Michael Harrop--where is the list of potential donors?

But were those good donors who only donated once top NBA or NFL athletes? As I said in my first message, I think that a good donor could just as easily be the PTA leader of the local school or a member of the nearest city's ballet organization as being a famous professional athlete. While their...

It's interesting that the two best donors are the ones who were the least willing to donate. It makes me wonder if people who have the best microbiomes almost certainly have full lives because the strength that their microbiome gives them allows them to handle it, and so FMT is usually not worth...

I took antibiotics intermittently in 2002 and continuously 2003 through 2007 for Lyme disease, which had been diagnosed in 2002 by my pediatrician using the standard ELISA/western blot protocol. I had significant peripheral neuropathy, mainly in the form of non-painful numbness, that was not...

Sorry to hear that. So this is a small subfraction of even the topmost tier (the one with thousands of members)? And so, if any of us were to pursue any of the donors that are NOT already in the spreadsheet of current HMorg donors, we as patients would need to arrange and pay for this blood...