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Here's my newest thought / question on this:

The appendix holds bacteria. Its job is to replenish the gut with bacteria if we get something like food poisoning or something like that. An ancient way to ensure that our bodies replenish the gut with its supposedly healthy bacteria.

That would be true for someone with a healthy gut microbiome, but what about those of us with an unhealthy gut microbiome? What if we were born that way? What if our appendixes contain unhealthy bacteria in addition to good bacteria?

If we wipe out our gut microbiome by dong say a colonoscopy prep or something like that. And then replace it with healthy microbes, could the microbes in our appendix overwhelm the new healthy bacteria?

Maybe that's why it doesn't permanently work for people with chronic illnesses that are caused by an unhealthy gut? But does work for someone who was healthy but then developed C diff - they have good bacteria in their appendixes.

Has anyone thought about this aspect? Has anyone read about this aspect?

Though I will say, when the FDA allows me to do this via pill-form, I'll be the first to sign up! Right now I'm thinking, it can't be any more risky than taking prednisone or biologics….the only two things so far that have given me any real measure of help.