15 years ago, when I spent a long time abroad, I received several courses of antibiotics in succession without thinking. In some countries these are prescribed rather quickly. Shortly after returning to the Netherlands, I slowly began to develop symptoms, such as being unable to tolerate milk, gluten, yeast and alcohol. This worsened more and more, until eventually I developed rashes and even intestinal bleeding. I walked around with this for two years, until a substitute family doctor said this was not good and that I needed to see an MDL specialist right away. At the MDL specialist, after intestinal tests, it was determined that I had Colitis Ulcerosa. I was assured that there was nothing to do but learn to live with it, and I was sent home with `inflammation inhibiting’ pills. I did not give up and started strict dieting and exercise. As a result, I got it reasonably under control and was even able to live without pills, using them only for sporadic bleeding. During annual check-ups I kept asking if FMT (Fecal Microbiota Transplantation) was already a possibility, but time after time I was told that this was only being researched as a test in academic hospitals and the results were not yet adequate. There was nothing possible that I was eligible for. Fast forward nine years and three MDL specialists later, with each specialist putting me on different medications, the last medication with strong anti-inflammatory medication got completely out of control. At first it seemed to be getting better, but after a while I couldn’t do without the pills. I kept having continuous bleeding, which heavily impacted my mood and energy, resulting in severe depression, irritability and worsening of my skin rashes. Completely done with what my MDL specialists were offering me, I started to delve further into FMT theory and came across this website, Gezonde-Darmflora.nl. My gut was in very bad shape and I had lost faith in my MDL specialists. So I took a leap of faith and ordered FMT donor capsules. After the first course I felt energetic again, my irritability and bleeding were gone in an instant, it really felt like a boost. Unfortunately, this only lasted two weeks before the first bleeding returned and I felt myself slowly sinking back into low energy levels. I discussed the effect it was having with Marco from healthy-darmflora.nl and decided to try a double course. After all, the first time felt like it did work, but I probably had so many bad gut bacteria that the good bacteria couldn’t last long. With the double cure, the wow effect was less noticeable, and the bleeding continued to return sporadically, but less severely and they resolved on their own. Fast forward a few months and I haven’t felt this good in years with no bleeding. Very slowly I am expanding my diet again to see what my gut can handle now. To be safe, I did another FMT cure as a boost to speed up the process. Today I can consume milk, gluten and alcohol without any problems, and have had no more bleeding or inflammation. I can say with certainty that it has helped me tremendously, truly life-changing.