Wow, I cannot believe that the CC would remove your pouch at this point! 15 years I've been trying for pouch removal and neither my surgeon or GI will recommend it. In fact, I can't even get the surgeon to do a lap to help me with these adhesions. I just spent another week in the hospital for all this and I truly believe my health would have been so much better if it was gone. But I heard the surgery is very intense.