Help put my mind at ease!

All, I am so glad I have found this place.  I am facing a total colectomy.  They plan on removing my colon and tying my small intestines to my rectum.  Unfortunately I have had several surgeries on my abdominem including removing shrapnel from my tour of duty in Operation Kuwait Freedom.  Right now my colon does not work as in food, if I don't throw it up, will make it to the colon however when it hits the colon everything stops.  The Mayo Clinic has tried a bowel pace maker which did nothing for helpng me so now they say now that my colon is "paralyzed" and that the best situation for me is to remove it.  I can honestly say that I was scared as a 22 year old kid putting my feet down in the sand going into combat during Desert Storm one but I am scared to death about this operation.  I can only see the bad things and it is keeping me from sleep and functioning.  Can anyone who has had thier colon removed shed some light and maybe any words of encouragement.   Thanks all for your help and advice in advance.

Respectfully,

RangerDawg 75

 

Rangerdawg75..First off, God Bless you for your service to our country. Secondly, if you want to talk to someone who's gone through this my fiancee would be more than happy to talk...he's made it his mission to help others that are facing what he had to go through. He had to have emergency surgery to remove his colon just this last December. He has a temporary ostomy and is going to have the J-Pouch next month. He is only 28 years old...unfortunately there are MANY young people out there that have or had this horrible disease and problem. If you want his email, just email me @ [email protected] and I'll be more than happy to share that with you or anyone else that wants to have someone to talk to. Take care of yourself and I hope to hear from you soon.
God Bless!