My husband has had his jpouch since 2005 as a result of colon cancer.It always leaked and he decided to have a colostomy in 2008. Unfortunately the pouch was diconected and left in. The ostomy was never a problem. This is a warning to all those who disconnect and doctor leaves it in. He had constant smelly discharge and this was never dealt with no matter how many doctors he went to. In July he developed sepsis .When he went in hospital they gave a ct scan and found a large abscess on his psoas muscle and several more in pelvis.All this was because pouch was left in. He is on strong IV antibiotics and faces surgery to remove pouch and rectal stump. They have to go thru the anus because abdomen has so much scar tissue. This a difficult six hour surgery and wound closure is biggest problem. I am saying this to maybe save others from all this pain that could have been avoided with pouch removal at time of ostomy. I hope you all will discuss all this with your dr to avoid this mess. A lot of prayer power behind him , so we are all believing he will pull thru.