u/Adventurous-Key6773

I have been with my therapist for around 20 years. He has been very helpful and comforting in that time. I left my last session feeling that my life has reached a point that he can’t think of any advice to help. I am currently managing 3 incurable autoimmune disorders. Complications have required ongoing operations and hospital stays. Needless to say there is not a ton to look forward to or work towards. Given our long history, I believe he genuinely cares about me as a person. I don’t think he wants to terminate sessions since that would seem cruel given my current medical/mental state. However, I don’t want to continue shelling out money just for confirmation that my situation is crappy.

For example, he admitted that he would suspicious of any guy that wanted to date me given the medical situation (I agree with him but a gut punch to hear someone else say it).

I will likely be getting the Barbie butt surgery in a month. My Crohn’s was predominantly in the areas being removed. I am curious if the disease will find a new area or if I can expect overall decreased symptoms since the problem areas will be removed.

For anyone who has had it, what Crohn’s symptoms remained post surgery?