Fecal transplants? I've never heard of that!
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Apr 29, 2014 1:33:48 pm PDT #26467 of 30000
Because books.
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2014 1:40:16 pm PDT #26468 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Fecal transplants? I've never heard of that!
A C. diff (the bacterium Clostridium difficile) infection is a massive hostile takeover of your gut -- the C. diff overtakes all of your necessary good bacteria, and it's pretty bad. And it's becoming harder and harder to successfully treat.
The idea behind a fecal transplant is that because the donor has normal intestinal flora, the donor poo is the vehicle to get those good bacteria into the patient's gut, where they can multiply and get everything back to normal. And, for real, fecal transplants have been almost miraculous in how quickly and how completely they've eradicated long-term C. diff infections. It's amazing, and amazingly simple when you think about it.
Which reminds me that I need to bottle my kombucha.
beekaytee - Apr 29, 2014 1:44:37 pm PDT #26469 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Steph, that commercial is fabulous. If givethemten.org was around here, I'd promote the hell out of them.
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2014 1:51:30 pm PDT #26470 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Steph, that commercial is fabulous.
"Who's your daddy? Not me!"
Jesse - Apr 29, 2014 2:04:17 pm PDT #26471 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Never realized how weird it feels, looking for a sympathy/condolence card.
Oh yeah. I had a phase where I needed so many, I bought extras, which was nice ("nice") when I had to send one randomly recently. Now I'm out again. I like the cards at Papyrus in general.
Strix - Apr 29, 2014 2:09:02 pm PDT #26472 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Jilli, I'm glad you had fun! Gates is OK BBQ, and I'm glad you liked it. (Everyone here has a favorite BBQ places, and people get quite snobby about it!)
ita, I'm sorry about your cousin, and hope that this trip is as calm as can be.
In kid news, M got caught saying the f word at school, and lied about it USING RELIGION AS AN EXCUSE ("I couldn't have said it becuase Jews are allowed to swear.) AND playing games on his tech during class. There's going to be a come-to-Jesus meeting (er, you know what I mean) on Skype tonight with all 4 parents. We (Parents) already had a pre-call meeting, but we're going to do it later so he can get this project done first.
Some of the fuck he hears is, I'm sure at school or his lacrosse team, which is 5th to 8th grade...but I know his mom and stepdad curse within the kids' hearing all the time.
I swear like a sailor, but I am like a friggin' NUN around him, so...WHEW. Didn't do it!
flea - Apr 29, 2014 2:17:11 pm PDT #26473 of 30000
information libertarian
Yeah, tonight Dillo has called both his sister and himself an asshole. We're nipping that in the bud, I tell you what.
-t - Apr 29, 2014 2:17:19 pm PDT #26474 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If that haunted Venetian island doesn't work out, maybe a Spanish town? [link]
beekaytee - Apr 29, 2014 2:18:35 pm PDT #26475 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
"Who's your daddy? Not me!"
My favorite part!
Theodosia - Apr 29, 2014 2:23:54 pm PDT #26476 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Love! But check out the "Making Of" that is linked to it: [link]