It is very sad. I will turn 57 in May and other than these GI issues, I'm pretty healthy. I did have a GI doctor who wanted to do surgery but at that point I hadn't even had a colonoscopy yet. After the colonoscopy, a different GI doctor said there was no need for surgery (no damaged tissue in the colon) so that changed that trajectory. I am struggling to find any answers even after the colonoscopy. I thought that would give me all of the answers, but unfortunately it made it more mysterious.