Sorry to hear you have to deal with this. My mom was dx’d with UC at age 51, she’d had symptoms for about a year. She had a traditional ileostomy 6 yrs later, and had no problems with it at all when she passed26 yrs later. I was dxd at 42 and only made it 2 yrs before having a s- pouch. I am now 64; and in the last couple yrs have had a couple bowel obstructions that have cleared non-surgically, so I am more careful with what I eat and hydration. To add to this wonderful gene pool, one of my male cousins on my dad’s side was dxd with UC in his early 30’s, he also had an internal pouch surgery, and is doing well. My mom’s family was pretty dysfxnal, but I think one of her sister’s may also have had UC, but not sure. I am also an ovarian cancer survivor of 9 yrs, breast cancer is on both sides, so I did not win the lotto in the gene pool!