I had my takedown in 2015, so it’s been five years. I’ve had my ups and downs, mainly fighting with pouchitis because my diagnoses had changed to crohn’s. I’ve been on many biologics and generally speaking I’ve had a good time with my pouch. When I’m not battling a bout of pouchitis I feel almost normal as I’d go maybe some 3 - 4 times per day. Night time leakage would happen not too often. I take care with what I eat although sometimes I get carried away with greasy food, spicy food or junk food. No bueno. BUT like I said, generally speaking I’ve been able to do what I love which is playing music and going to shows 
I take Entyvio and gasX pills along with Imodium just when I go out and know that bathrooms might not be available.
