Thanks much Vince. 
I have been diagnosed with chronic depression and extreme anxiety disorder many years now..............these recent unfortunate maladies surely haven`t helped much in that department.
I`m cleaning up my diet and gonna` hit the gym soon for ate least cardio,and light legs and arms which I think I may be able to train.
My worst fear is having cancer of the colon which killed my mother at age 50.
All the best. 
You and need to be having yearly colonoscopy mate, sadly the longer you live with colitis the higher the risk of developing colon cancer, doctor should organise a yearly colonoscopy with biopsy to check for pre cancerous cells so cancer can be avoided by removal of the colon, this is the exact thing that forced my surgery was the early discovery of these pre cancer cells through yearly test was only 28 at the time they took colon out and made a fake one with end of small bowel so can avoid a bag, “cures” the colitis also but still go to toilet more but are healthy and well again, unfortunately some doctors ignore this my first doc did.
You need the yearly test mate please don’t ignore this fact