I had UC prior to Kpouch, then diagnosed with Hashimotos autoimmune thryoid and now my adrenals are also being hit. Anyone else struggle with other auto-immune's? I'm being tested for crohns in my small intestine swollowing a camera since the barium test was not clear. Also had gallbladder burst from stones a few yrs after kpouch. digestion is a bummer!!

Good luck with your future medical tests. Are you concerned about swallowing a "camera" with a k-pouch?

I just wonder how the camera will exit the k-pouch through a catheter, no matter which kind of catheter you use. Other posters have even experienced bezors (hard stuff like pills that accumulate in a k-pouch).

Otherwise, it sounds like great technology.

I hope it all goes well. And I do take synthroid to control a goiter after a dr at Johns Hopkins noticed a "generous" thyroid. No one had noticed it before that consult and I haven't had further problems.

Ask to see the size of the camera. If it doesn't exit on its own the doctor can go in and get it through the stoma as if they were doing a scope.

I have interstitial cystitis, which is an autoimmune disease (striking the mucousal lining) of the bladder, which I am currently having a flare.

Doesn't seem to be unusual for people who have had UC as a dx at any time in their life

yeah, gastro dr is going to scope and suck out the camera. I have had frequent urgent pee - with a little pain. I didn't realize IC was an auto-immune. Thought it was the perimenopause....hmnn...maybe IC - it's been bad for weeks.

jury is still out on IC in regards to autoimmune.
some literature states it depends on circumstances.
I believe it is autoimmune...and IC is not the same as overactive bladder. IC and UTI can share the same symptoms so testing is done to determine the dx.

Good luck with the picture taking.