When a man was cut in half while at work, he had to undergo an uncomfortable treatment during the healing process, which he calls ‘gross’.
When Loren Schauers was going about his day at work, he was unexpectedly a victim to a workplace accident, leaving him barely able to survive his catastrophic injuries.
It was a fateful day in 2019 when a forklift he was operating fell off a bridge at 50ft, landing on top of him.
The injuries were so bad, he had to lose his legs and half of his right arm.
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However, the Montana, US native has been determined to see the positive side of life and openly shares his treatments on YouTube with his wife Sabia Reiche.
This time, he candidly opened up about a new procedure he underwent which would heal his gut.
The reason for the procedure is that he needed good bacteria introduced to his system, so that he would have a healthy balance.
He said during a video: “I got a faecal transplant.
“In dirty words, it’s taking someone else’s poop and putting it inside of yourself just to introduce some healthy gut bacteria.
“And the procedure went good, really simple. It only took an hour, nice and quick. They just went straight to the colostomy, they didn’t have to open me up or anything.”
Sabia explained that they had ‘tried to document some of the faecal transplant’ but Loren said that ‘it’s gross, you don’t really want to see inside someone’s colon'.
Underneath their video, people were overwhelmingly supportive of his newest treatment and shocked that it was something that could be done.
One person wrote: “Fecal transplant...who knew ....technology is amazing...So glad your body is accepting the donor's contribution and you're feeling better...”
Another said: “Loren, so glad the transplant lessened your pain! Sabia, your hair looks so pretty! Your yard and view are beautiful, and your new puppy is adorable!”
Cambridge University Hospital explains that a faecal transplant is ‘a treatment used for Clostridium difficile infection that is either recurring or is not responsive to standard treatments.’
It ‘involves transfer of healthy bacteria in a mixture of prepared processed stool from a healthy donor to the intestine of the patient’ with the aim of restoring ‘a healthy balance of bacteria in the gut’.
The reason people have it is because they may have recurring clostridium difficile infection, which uses the transplant due to its effectiveness ‘in curing the infection and with low rates of subsequent recurrent infection’.
According to the St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) works by helping to balance bacteria and the gut microbiota in a patient’s intestines.
The faecal matter will then be transferred to the patient using a liquid or capsule.
In May, Loren opened up about his issue with Clostridioides difficile, the bacterial bug that could cause stomach pains, diarrhoea and fever, often in those who use antibiotics.
He said: "Welcome back guys to Sabia and Loren. Sabia will be doing most of, if not all of the talking because I am in serious pain as I'm going through another bout of C. diff - so let's listen to what Sabia has to say!"
Britt Jones