re: Has anyone successfully recieved a Stool Transplant THearpy?

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Duff showed the article about Borody to her gastroenterologist, her infectious diseases consultant and her colorectal surgeon. But none of them had performed a faecal transplant and none was willing to try. When Duff said that she intended to administer the treatment herself with her husband's faeces, the gastroenterologist agreed to send a sample away to be screened for disease.

After they received the all-clear to use the stool, it was Duff's husband John that donned plastic gloves and assiduously followed the instructions they found online. He was no doctor, but as a retired submarine commander Duff considered him equal to the task.

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Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) was developed from ancient practices, starting in 4th-century China with "yellow soup" for diarrhea, to a refined 1958 modern medical technique using fecal enemas for C. difficile. It works by transferring healthy donor stool into a patient's gut to restore bacterial balance.
Key Historical and Development Stages:
Ancient Beginnings (4th Century): Chinese doctor Ge Hong first documented using oral human fecal suspensions to treat severe food poisoning and diarrhea.
16th Century: Li Shizhen used fermented, fresh, or dry feces ("yellow soup") for abdominal illnesses.
17th Century: Italian anatomist Fabricius Aquapendente reportedly used fecal material in veterinary medicine.
World War II: German soldiers used fresh camel dung to treat bacterial dysentery, as documented by reports of its effectiveness in North Africa.
Modern Reintroduction (1958): Surgeon Ben Eiseman and colleagues in Denver, Colorado, reintroduced FMT to Western medicine, treating four patients with life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis using fecal enemas.
Refinement (1980s–Present): In 1983, it was first used for confirmed Clostridium difficile (now Clostridioides difficile) infections (CDI). Modern techniques involve rigorous donor screening, blending feces with saline, filtering, and delivering via colonoscopy, nasogastric tube, or, more recently, oral capsules.
The modern procedure acts as "the ultimate probiotic," transferring a vast, diverse range of bacteria to restore gut health, with an 80-90% cure rate for recurrent CDI.

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