I'm Doing Fecal Tranplant and it's Working

I am in the process of doing fecal transplantation.  So far I have done five implants and I'm almost completely in remission.  I'm so excited!!  I tried implanting a few times over the last month but because of lack of a consistent donor, I didn't have positive results. 

Since last Friday I have done an implant every night and I feel so much better.  I also have not done any drugs since last Thursday (I was only on rectal meds).  However, that is not a deliberate choice, it's just the way it's worked out.  My 16 year old daughter is my donor and lucky for me she poops at night.  I usually do a Salofalk enema before bed but because I've been doing the implants, I can't do the Salofalk.  I suppose I could do them in the morning but I haven't felt like I needed to.

Here's a brief description of the protocol I've figured out.  I went to a thrift store and bought supplies for the procedure.  I was careful to buy things that don't resemble anything I use in my kitchen.  The first time I did it I followed the advice of someone on the forum and smashed poop and saline in a bowel.  It was one of the most disgusting things I've ever done and I couldn't get the mixture sufficiently mixed up.  So I went to Target and got a portable smoothie blender.  I also bought a can of saline from the drug store, a bunch of fleet enemas for the bottles and a small funnel for getting the mixture in the bottle.  The portable blender works great.  I try to get enough poop in the blender so I can make as thick of mixture as possible and I try to make enough to fill the enema bottle.

As I said, my daughter poops at night so I've been able to do the implants and go to bed and retain them all night.  I feel like that has been a key to my success.  I haven't felt this good since I was diagnosed with UP.  No more gas and gurgling.  No more bloody mucous balls.  No more urgency.  No more rectal pain.  The only thing I still have is some blood but the amount is much less than it used to be.  I'm going to keep transplanting nightly, hopefully for at least five more days or until the blood is gone.  

I'm cautiously optimistic that this is going to work.  I'll keep everyone posted on my progress. 

Dr-A said...
Where'd you get the saline? I was making my own saline solution which was cheap, but I already forget the measurements.

Serenitee said...
I was wondering then how much do you implant a night (like one enema's worth). I was wondering what your diagnosis was before & what does your daughter think of this process?