Hello, I'm new at this so please be bear with me! I had surgery for total abdominal colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis in 2010. For 2 years all went well and I felt better than I had for years. Then in recent months my whole system shut down. I had a CT scan with nothing showing and out of the blue the system started working again. This week it has stopped working again. I'm afraid to eat because let's face it whatever goes in has to come through the system. Has anyone who had the same surgery experienced this start and stop??? Would appreciate any feedback. Many thanks. tinlizzy