Thanks for the support!...
I actually wish your non educated diagnosis of my years of battling this disease were true....
I only did it once via colonoscopy. I am not specifically doing anything to maintain remission. I eat very clean and healthy and take care of myself by exercising. I make my own smoothies and use...
Yes. I stayed on Lialda for 6 months after FT then weaned off....
i did it in ROchester, NY with Dr. Goldstein. I was not misdiagnosed. I had several biopsies since original diagnosis in 1998. I have not had a symptom since 2011. I am not sure Dr. Goldstein will do...
Hello! I am not sure if anyone will recall, but I had a Fecal Transplant via colonoscopy on June 13, 2011. At the time I had severe pan-colitis with doctors recommending biologic or surgery. Since...
Hi- been awhile but I am still in remission since my FT (3years June). I am taking 2 Lialda a day. I had a scope several months a go because my GI insisted and I had zero inflammation. While I know...
Hey all! So happy to hear that FT is helping others achieve remission. I had my FT June 2011 and still in remission. I am taking 2 Lialda a day and eating very clean. Wishing all well! Stacy...
Thank you for sharing this experience! Sounds like it has been going well and that you are getting to have a retreat in addition to some healing. Nice! :)...
with some of the other symptoms i would say its a flu. that being said whenever i get sick with anything i always get UC symptoms too - that usually go away with other symptoms. I hope its just s...
i will be looking for your updates. Good Luck! Cheering you on.......
I do the Paleo way of eating - not rigidly but close. I am very happy with it and - it is a change that eventually just becomes the way you live and your approach to food. I think it is worth trying...
thrilled for you!! keep us posted....
@banana girl - i had my FT with a doctor in ROchester, NY - its documented here in a thread called Fecal Transplant via colonoscopy....
I am so happy to hear about this encouraging success with a home protocol of FMT. I had a very small flare that after a FT via colonoscopy relapse that was (knock wood) very easily stopped - that has...
did you have many biopsies? i have cramping after cscopes for a few days after. i am not sure if it is from the procedure itself or the prep that causes them....
jupiter, FL - just moved here from Syracuse, NY...
we have filtered water throughout our home including reverse osmosis....
One thing that I wish that I would have been told about is : HEALINGWELL. How the information, support, empathy and connection to my own has been the most resourceful in terms of getting information...
i meant to say that my dr and donor are in NY and I am in FL...
Luv2Jump: i just moved and the donor and dr are in FL otherwise I would try to get the FT done sooner. InSOFl - I know! it is so irritating to me that he will not give me LDN, I live in Jupiter, FL...
Hi. Mr dr would like to use a different donor for next one. He believes that husband and wife share flora. So if he agrees to do another ft this summer I will do an at home in addition....
Hi All - I wanted to let you know that I have had some symptoms sneak back into my life over the past few weeks. My life has been riddled with a huge amount of stress, which is a trigger for me. Its...
Hi - have you tried acupuncture for stress relief? My life at the moment is a crazy train too and I started acupuncture and I think its helping. I liked all the above recommendations too....
Anyone know anything about this publication or content?http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4175702,00.html...
Would the previous abx she had been on for the UC have changed the outcome of her TB test?...
Hi - so glad to hear that you are feeling good and having healthy poops! AHHHH - power of a healthy poop! I just wanted to add that some people (i think me included) have IBS in addition to IBD. That...
I had mine done in Rochester, NY. My email is in my profile, send me yours and I can give you some more info....
do you have a a non related donor? (husband or your twins husband?) make sure whoever you decide they should be screened for HIV, HEp a and B, parasites, etc....
I take folic acid, calcium, vitamin D, SAM-E. I drink water that has been higly filtered (reverse osmosis) and sometimes I take melatonin at night because I have been having trouble sleeping....
I did one FT via colonoscopy. Luv2jump: your daughter has the same bacteria/flora that you do - you passed yours on to her during birth. You may have better results with a different donor....
I am also happy to answer any questions about my success with FT. My email is in my profile. Stacy...
HiI had a FT on June 14 and have been symptom free since about a week afterwards. I had one via colonoscopy and never did home protocol. I have severe UC but at the time of FT i was having mild...
Since a week post FT via colonoscopy on June 14 I have been symptom free! I will do it again if my symptoms return. Stacy...
http://www.einstein.yu.edu/medicine/gastroliver/gastroliver_profile.asp?id=2519 if the Bronx is an option this is who I would go to....
It was difficult for me to get pregnant the first time but while pregnant i felt amazing - and took no meds. I got pregnant 5 months after giving birth to me first child and again felt great! Good...
pink1 - hope that you get well soon. stacy...
http://t.co/bYe5l1GY this is .the link for MS article and FT...
I take grapefruit seed extract on the recommendation of jasherlynch. It is an imuunity booster plus also can stimulate healthy fecal flora. I use the extract form and not the pills, it is very bitter...
there was some recent published that it helps MS. I will try to find the article and post it....
FT has been the best thing that has ever happened for me. I really want this studied in clinical trials in the US so that it can become a realistic treatment option for IBD. Like everything, it will...
When I did it I felt like it took a while for things to get started. Next time I will start the miralax/gatorade earlier so that I am up less during the night....
Hi Troy - can you email me, my email is on my profile. I have some questions. Thank you so much!...
Hi Troy and Jack, I hope that you will get some relief from the FT..I had a FT via colonoscpy for UC and have been symptom free for over 4 months now. You can read a thread here called FT via...
I am almost 4 months post FT symptom free. I have also started using the grapefruit seed tincture. Stacy...
Hi Ecolang. Sure am!! Even with some serious life stressors such as moving to another state with small kids. Counting my blessings and so grateful! Thanks for cking in...
Thanks Luv2Jump! I hope that you continue to see results from your FT....
Hi. I have never taken imuran or any biologics. @fruitgirl. Can u send me an email sasiegel33@yahoo.com. The dr. Is Jon Goldstein. Depending on ur situation he may be willing to talk to you about FT....
Hi Everyone, Wanted to share that I am still symptom free after my FT. Several people have reached out to me off the forum regarding FT and how frustrated they are that it is not available as a...
Hi Super 8 It really is so hard to cope with this disease I hope that once you see the GI, they can help you get the symptoms under control. I have found that I am down after flaring for a long...