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It sounds like you've gone through a lot.  IBD or inflammatory bowel disease includes both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's.  The main difference between the two are location and the degree that the intestine is inflamed.  Crohn's can affect anywhere through the entire gastrointestinal tract, from the esophagus through the rectum, while ulcerative colitis in confined to the colon.  Colectomy usually cures UC, so if symptoms are recurring Crohn's may be the diagnosis.  This should be easily known by having you doctor look over the pathology report from the surgery to know how much of the intestine was inflamed.