Colon Resection

[msewalson]

Hello,
I'm interested in past experiences anyone may be willing to share. I am a 31 year old male that has had two episodes of diverticulitis My first occurred at the beginning of this year which required hospitalization due to an abscess that had formed and circumflexed my colon. I am currently recovering from the second episode and taking oral antibiotics and do not require any hospitalization, knock on wood. I am some what worried about having a possible resection performed due to my profession. I work as a Firefighter/ Paramedic and any serious complications could end my career. I also do not want to be dealing with this problem for the rest of my life and seriously considering having the infected/ diseased portion of my colon removed. I have done some research on my own but would like to here personal accounts from individuals that have experienced/ underwent the surgery. Thank you for reading my post and also for replying.