Met the surgeon today,spent an hour with him learned alot about Crohns from him,best we could figure looking at the floroscopy pics 3 to 4 in of the colon and 6 to 8 in of small intestine,he told me that area of diseased intestine will be much less flexible than the healthy so he wants to do open surgery(lay me open like a trout) so he can just lift it out as opposed to pulling it out and possible hurt or tear healthy intestine.I could have this done already but i insisted on this Dr he has been a cutter for 25 years and seen every kind of crohnie gut. Sure hope he is on top of his game on July 29. Prep for sugery is just like a colonoscopy prep except i start taking an antibiotic a few days before surgery.