My gf and I were on our way to the Grand Canyon when we heard a story about this (she had a podcast). She was so fascinated, she called her dad (he works in the medical industry). He was excited by it, too (he hadn't heard of it, either). She then pitched it as an idea to the reporter, who did the story.

They are a bit put off that HuffingtonPost swiped the story and mangled it until it was theirs. Now, her station gets zero credit for the whole thing.

That's ok. As this story gets more traction, I just smile.

It is a strange idea, but makes sense.

Im sure that biatch nags, nags, nags...dont get me started...

Transplant process?

Jensaarai: Nadie_AZ: My gf and I were on our way to the Grand Canyon when we heard a story about this (she had a podcast). She was so fascinated, she called her dad (he works in the medical industry). He was excited by it, too (he hadn't heard of it, either). She then pitched it as an idea to the reporter, who did the story.

They are a bit put off that HuffingtonPost swiped the story and mangled it until it was theirs. Now, her station gets zero credit for the whole thing.

That's ok. As this story gets more traction, I just smile.

It is a strange idea, but makes sense.

I hate to be an asshole, but this isn't the first fecal transplant story to hit the tubes. Read any poop thread on a large enough forum, and this shiat gets mentioned.

You are no asshole.

We hadn't heard this before. Now we have and so have others. Neat!

/pass the tp

Ok, I was probably the last person on Earth to discover this (other than Herman Cain, obviously) but I just recently read about 'The Human Caterpillar'.


WTF was that director thinking? What an idiot!

Stupid bad stupid stupid movie!

elffster: Ok, I was probably the last person on Earth to discover this (other than Herman Cain, obviously) but I just recently read about 'The Human CaterpillarCentipede'.

FTFY

Can I get paid to be a poop donor? Do I get juice and cookies afterwards?

bingethinker: Can I get paid to be a poop donor? Do I get juice and cookies afterwards?

You get the cookies and juice beforehand.

I urge all farkers to become poop donors, especially if they have a rare or universal poop type.

Seriously, poor bastard...that sounds awful.

RiverRat: I took too much of a (wrong) antibiotic once. Killed most of my intestinal bugs.

I didn't need/have a poop transplant (quite frankly never heard of it until now), ... but folks, you NEED those bacteria.

Took me about 5 years to get back 'normal'.

Why the hell am I admitting this on the internet? :\

You're proud to be full of shiat?

IamPatSajak: I know a lot of people who have had to go through this with their children. My daughter is tube-fed and she is prescribed an antibiotic she should take 3x a day, everyday forever. We are fighting insurance to cover a probiotic to go with it because it is expensive at the volume needed. I am trying to make sure cdiff never makes its way into my house, I have heard some horror stories.. plus it apparently has a completely distinct smell. Ick.

My uncle had cancer for years and soldiered along, even going on motorcycle rides on good days. Naturally his immune system was weakened somewhat so he was careful. He fought various ancillary sicknesses over the years and beat them. Cdiff killed him. Bad stuff for sure.

Now, I could be missing something...but is there a reason they have to transplant the feces and can't just transplant the bacteria? Because it seems a lot, shall we say, less gross.