Today is the one month anniversary of my surgery. I had about 12 inches of ileum, secum, my IC valve and appendix removed. Surgery was done laproscopicly with a hand assist to remove the segment. I consider myself very lucky that my recovery has gone so well. On the 4th day post-op I was able to have liquids in the morning and by nightfall solids. The next day I was out of there. By day 13 I was back at work part time though admittedly I have a cushy desk job that I could do at a much slower pace than I normally would. I am completely off all Crohns meds and I am not taking anything anymore for pain. I had a little scare last week when I developed a severe pain by my anus, so bad that I could not sit. It turned out to be a peri-anal abscess that had to be drained. The lidocane and scraping of the abscess had to be by far the most painful experience of my life. It was just horrendous even with morphine. When it was over though, I could sit normally and am back on the road to recovery. Really the only lingering effects of the surgery I have is a little muscle discomfort from the ab muscle healing and having to take Imodium to support making solid stools. Other than that, I lost 20 Lbs that I needed to lose. My diet is slowly returning to normal where I had 3 bites of salad (first time in 4 months) and am waiting for an all clear colonoscopy in July to eat corn. I consider myself lucky and blessed things have turned out as they have