Character redo

I attended the January event as a barbarian warrior and had a blast, but wanted to change my character to a coast haven bounty hunter with an entirely new skill set, as per the 'oops, don't like your character' section of the rules. Unfortunately, I won't be able to go to The next two events because of work and other OOG obligations. I have a few questions about the redoing of characters:

1) will I get to keep any build that I have earned through service points, bought build, and attending the event?

2) I got dysentery(IG) last event and the disease rules state that it builds regardless of me being at the event or not. Does this still apply even though I am building a new character? My concern there is that I don't particularly want to start with a stage 3 dysenteric coast havener from the get go. Sure, there's great chances for role playing, but I'd prefer to not soil my new pants out of the gate.

3) Do I go through the new player welcome mod again immediately upon lay-on now or do I get to just dive straight into the game?

Thanks for the help,
Chris M.

Awesome, thanks for the quick reply!