Glad it was helpful. Oh gosh, good pouch function early after takedown? You mean after the colectomy? That's a while ago, all I do remember is I had VERY frequent (loose) BMs from the get go. And that lasted a while. Then for several years I had much more normal output, in terms of frequency (stool itself continued loose.) I did have some relief after the initial banding, but as I wrote, I'm afraid it didn't last very long. The reason my GI at Weill Cornell sent me to Dr. Shen was because I was having too many incidents of blockage. I suspect you're talking about the floppy pouch when you wrote FPC? I don't remember that term being used. MY stool is, and has always been very loose. Please don't hesitate to ask any other questions, if I didn't address everything....