Thanks, I do take lomitol to slow things down, but this pattern is uncomfortable to say the least. Makes it very difficult to have a normal social life. The pouch seems very unpredictable. Between each BM in the afternoons I am sore and pained. There are also a number of people on this site who say they are as good as someone with a colon just that they go more often. I want to be one of those. Is there anyone else out there who is relatively normal. I'd like to hear about your jpouch life?