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The pouches have a high survival rate -this is medical terminology, does not mean "survival", it means "no-back-to-ostomy" in this context-, as studies show over 90 percent survival rate in 25 years. How old will you be in 25 years?

Newer j-pouches have a higher success rate than that, because the surgeons now have decades long experience on this surgery. This means mechanical failure is less common among new pouches, and also you can get a redo surgery in case of mechanical failure.

Putting on weight apparently cause anatomical changes, thus mechanical issues, so you need to be careful about that.

In the case of chronic pouchitis, or chrons of the pouch; as my nurse said,  medicine will be more advanced than it is now in 10-20 years! There will many many more biologics/antibiotics available, and Drs will know a lot more about how they work.

You need to take care of yourself very well, a diet that is good both for your pouch and the rest of the body, not being sedentary, and keeping stress/anxiety away is very important for your pouch. The same applies for all health problems. That is the best you can do.

Also, I sometimes think, if I get an ostomy at the a age of 75, and still have a good life, that would not be the end of the world. I would have on average on 10 years left to live, and those are the most unhealthy years of life for everyone, so things would not be that different than the others. If you are a fit, healthy 75 year old with and ostomy, you will be doing much better than the rest of the population.  Just focus on keeping your entire body healthy, not the j-pouch alone.

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