allkat read your post and i am thrilled you have had success at last.. ITS BEEN A LONG hard road for you..I have chosen to stay with my antibiotics simply because they are working..Going on three years now..And not long ago i reduced the dosages to 1/2 each and still going well..I also want to note diet does not seem to be a factor at all.. i pretty much can eat whatever. My only restrictions is my own preferences now.Istarted my pouch journey in 04 and in only the last three has it gotten stable to lead as you say a pretty normal life..Although normal for us is not the old normal i am not stressed from the condition now and except for some annoying itching i get i handle the rest fine..I have no idea what will happen in the future with pouch but you and i certainly have had some serious challenges and here we are pouch in tack and still hanging in !! Lets hope it stays that way..