I'm from Iowa and we do have more hogs in our state than people. Therefore it's nice to know that our bovines are doing more than making pork chops and bacon, etc. I'm curious if this has anything to do with problems you had the fecal transplant for. There's a hospital in Ames, Iowa that had pioneered fecal transplant therapy by making many doses from one donor that has been tested. The doses are stored frozen until needed. It dramatically cuts down the cost because instead of each individual getting their own donor tested for use for one patient they can get the fecal transplant that is already prepared.
I am wondering what this new prescription is going to do to help you - or what it is supposed to do. I completely sympathize with you about quality of life problems and am wondering the same thing you are. My surgeries were over 4.5 years ago and my problems are escalating. Something needs to start working soon or I am going to go crazy! I have other medical and mental (major depression & anxiety) problems too. If I can't get the other problems resolved and more tolerable soon then I am going to have to do something about my j-pouch. I'm 59 and don't have too many years left to live. I desperately need to improve my QOL and it also affects my husband's QOL and the rest of our family. If I finally accept that the way things are all around and are as good as they are going to get I'll need to explore ditching my j-pouch.