I'm just about 5 years post takedown. Right now I average 5-8 bms per day, but it can vary. Like Jan, I don't usually count anymore. Also I should mention that I don't always feel the need to have a bm, but if I'm just going for a tinkle (as my mom says
) the #2 will find it's way out in the process.
To be honest, I don't really recall when I reached the fewer bms mark. I was never going excessively even to start with, maybe 10-12 times post takedown. I was lucky not to be one of those who has the 15-20x per day at first. Actually, it was more that I noticed the spams/urgency decreasing over time. I could hold it longer so I had fewer bms. But I do know that it was about 2 years before I could sleep through a whole night. But even now I still get up to go, maybe every second or third night.