I have not been on here in forever. I hope you all are well - what a year! I think back to a period of time when I was in full tilt complaint mode on hear about my pouch - and now, looking back, I think it wasn't as much about that as it was about just getting older. Not sure if this rings true to anyone else on here. I find that these days - friends are all beginning to deal with their own health issues - and in a strange way - it's less difficult to have pouch issues as my age group all have all kinds of GI or other health stuff going on now. I am also happier in my personal life - and that seems to make the pouch stuff better - so I wonder how much stress was part of all my pouch problems? I do not know...but I know I am so thankful for this forum - because when I was struggling a lot- the only people who truly "got it" - were people on here. I am so grateful to you all.