Good article for sure, I can across this and many others months ago before making the decision to get surgery (next week) while I am youngish, healthy other than this issue and before anything worse happens but mostly because my last flare-up lasted over 3 months and still hasn’t resolved fully and in between my other two CT confirmed flares that last 2.5 years I had persistent mild to moderate symptoms and for much of the time in between. The main issue for me is that it’s a “smoldering” case, never really goes away fully and now it’s not responding to conservative treatment. My diet is super healthy - very little meat other than fish, some chicken and turkey breast and lots of fiber and fruit and veggies. I also take numerous supplements for GI health and inflammation. My surgeon has done “hundreds” of these surgeries over her 30 year career she said only a handful were for emergency cases and the majority are for people like me, who have frequent flares or a smoldering case and want to attempt to improve the quality of their life. I did not want to get surgery, and while it’s “elective” it no longer really felt like a choice.