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It's not that hard when patients are suffering and the treatment works. Fecal transplants are already being done for other disorders, and patients are demanding it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/health/disgusting-maybe-bu...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_bacteriotherapy

Human fecal transplants already exist

Unfortunately, it is hard to get researchers and patients to agree to get an enema of someone else's poo.

Money does wonders. And since we spend untold billions a year trying to lose weight or to mitigate it's side effects, the money is there.

Even if we lost half an ounce a day, it would be roughly 10lbs a year. More than enough for most people.