anxiety after take down

Hey guys! I'm having my ileostomy take down surgery on Nov. 14th (8 more days, woohooo!), but I'm actually pretty scared that things will go back to how they were when I had UC. Now, I know this is all in my head because every single person I've talked to has said they love their j-pouch, don't have pain, and can control their bowels (obviously not from day 1, but I've been warned to pretty much expect accidents at first and have come to terms with that possibility). So really, there's no reason for me to be nervous, but I've gotten so used to having bathroom anxiety when going the "normal" way that I can't help myself. I don't want to worry myself sick after this surgery so I'm thinking about anti-anxiety meds. Has anyone taken something like that after surgery? Did it help? Does anyone have any other helpful advice or words of wisdom? Thanks!

Suebear is right most everyone takes anti-anxiety med`s after surgery it`s a normal reaction after major surgery.Good luck.

Thanks guys, I'm going to send my surgeon an email in a minute and see what his opinion is. I know I won't need it in the long run, just the first few days. I wasn't worried at all after the first surgery because to me it's not as important as far as recovery goes (i.e. no need to retrain the bowels/sphincters). But this one is really going to determine how the rest of my life will be. Granted,I know I could always opt for a perm. ilieo, but I really really want this to work.
I think the real reason I'm worried is because none of the UC meds ever worked for me. Doc's would always say "oh this drug has such a high success rate, it'll have to work" and then it did nothing for my symptoms. So I always think of myself in that percentage of people who don't get relief from medical intervention. Luckily, surgery is not the same as meds and I feel like I'm in the "success" percentage after the 1st surgery. I'm crossing my fingers that the same will be true after the reversal.
I'm totally the type of person who will worry over the possibility that things will go wrong, and I don't want that to have a negative influence on my recovery. My dad is a licensed hypnotist, but hypnosis hasn't been enough to keep me thinking happy thoughts.
Again, thanks for the input :)

Man, doesn't it suck to be that person that nothing works for? Before I tried 6mp/imuran everyone kept telling me it was their miracle drug and put them in complete remission. When that failed and I went on to Remicade everyone told me THAT was their miracle drug. I even sat next to someone getting Remicade in the infusion center when I was there for iron and he was saying that Remicade took away all his symptoms. I was soooo jealous. But on the bright side, now I won't have to take meds (again, I hope) anymore and won't have to worry about all the nasty side effects and risks most of the UC meds have. I don't even know how my UC got so bad because I was always trying something to keep the flare under control. Apparently my colon was one of the worst my surgeon had ever seen. He told me it's not surprising that even steroids didn't completely put me in remission.

I guess I just wish there was an easier way to take care of this. I'm just glad surgery is a long term solution and I won't be wondering for the rest of my life "when's the next flare going to hit?" like I know I would've been if I was simply in remission.