I am new here so this is my first post. I had a total colostomy 2 weeks ago today (ulcerative colitis) and I feel better than I had in months, I am able to get out and walk several times a day and almost back up to 10,000 steps per day and go for rides in the country looking for wildlife to photograph with my wife. Truly glad I had the surgery, it is giving me my life back, I had 4 months this year I could not leave my house because I was having 30 or more sudden urge BM's per day, now I am free again.