if we can get past the "yuck!" factor for a minute...
has anyone here tried this? it can be done at home with a simple blender and enema bag. i have done some research into this, if anyone wants me to send it to them, let me know via private message. i think there is already a thread on this somewhere on Phx Rising. i'll go look. but meanwhile, this is what i found about how to do it yourself at home.
HOW TO DO IT YOURSELF
1)
http://www.mediafire.com/?xyp9k29alurs1c5
(or for this same document, see my separate file on this on my computer)
2)
http://www.nleducation.co.uk/resources/reviews/pass-the-poomedicine/
3) more details here, including putting it thru a coffee grinds
http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2007/12/17/fecal-transplants-to-cure-clos/
and same info here
http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/5/580.full
Select a stool specimen (preferably a soft specimen) with a weight of 30 g or a volume of 2 cm^3. Add 50-70 mL of sterile 0.9 N NaCl to the stool sample and
homogenize with a household blender. Initially use the low setting until the sample breaks up; then, advance the speed gradually to the highest setting. Continue for 2-4 min until the sample is smooth. Filter the suspension using a paper coffee filter. Allow adequate time for slow filtration to come to an end. Refilter the suspension, again using a paper coffee filter. As before, allow adequate time for slow filtration. 25 mL of the suspension is then transferred to the recipient, who’s already been prepared for the transplant via treatment with vancomycin (to kill off as much existing
C. difficile as possible) and omeprazole (Prilosec, to decrease stomach acid production). The tube is then flushed with a salt solution and removed, and the recipient is free to go. (They were followed up either via phone or return visits to the clinic).
4)
http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2007/12/17/fecal-transplants-to-cure-clos/
Someone wrote in the comments section of this article
If you’re thinking of doing a fecal transplant for crohn’s, c. diff or whatever, it’s better to use a sterile saline solution to mix up the poop than water. Water destroys some of the good bacteria. One doesn’t need to get this done by others – you can do it in your own home. Just get some donor poo (I recommend a complete screening of the donor person for diseases)and mix it in a blender with saline solution until it is very watery and smooth. Strain it through a fine strainer into a container and then suck it up into a rectal syringe. Squeeze it in to your bum like a fleet enema. Leave it in for about an hour and a half. If you have trouble leaving it in, lie on your back and put two pillows under your bum, elevating it. This helps keep it in. Do this every second day for a few weeks and you’ll be better!
Another commenter:
Just purchase a three pack of enema containers (4.5 oz size is fine) from the drugstore. Mix a small amount of stool about half the length of your thumb in a blender with about 8 oz of .9 saline solution. He may need his doctor to call in a prescription for the .9 saline solution. It’s often used for irrigating wounds and such, so the pharmacy will have it but a prescription is needed. Dump out the water that’s already in the enema container as it contains a laxative. Mix the stool in a blender with the .9 saline solution and poor into the enema container. Insert the contents of the container in the rectum and hold at least a couple of hours, if possible. Then repeat the procedure every other day for 3 enemas. He will feel better very soon, likely within a week. Donor should be tested for c-diff and other parasites first. It is amazing how effective this procedure is!
Another commenter:
Self-administered a transplant using my husband as a donor almost a month ago with amazing results! The key really was finding an enema bag with an occlusion bulb so I could hold in the transplant for 2 hours.
5) buy a guidebook on how to do this
http://fecalinfusions.com/
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PRE-TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE FOR RECIPIENT
http://www.nleducation.co.uk/resources/reviews/pass-the-poomedicine/
Transplantation Protocol
Recipients were initiated on maintenance therapy with oral Saccharomyces Boulardii (Florastor; Biocodex Inc,) 500 mg orally twice per day, plus metronidazole 500 mg orally 3 times per day or vancomycin 125 mg orally 4 times per day, to ensure they were asymptomatic until 24–48 hours prior to the procedure. All patients were asked to return to clinic for follow-up 2 weeks post procedure.[25]