10 weeks out from my reversal and I love love love my jpouch ! There were some adjustments during recovery (butt burn, cramping etc) but those settled within the first month and I'm now into a pattern of between 4-6 BMs a day and my variety in diet is steadily expanding as the weeks go by . Most importantly , I have no urgency ...a healthy colon would have been my first wish but that just wasn't in the cards for me. there really is no comparison when I think about the hell my UC put me through ..this was the first Christmas season in five years where I was able to leave the house and do my shopping for six hours without even thinking about a bathroom once! I credit the skill of my surgeon for the outcome , and his conservative healing time spans (3 step process that was spread over 16 months total) It was a long haul but it gave me so much time to heal and get stronger in between operations