Yes, interesting. Were you aware of the ankylosing spondylitis previously? It's my feeling some of these are not related to having a jpouch (enlarged prostate, lung nodule), and some may be (AS - related to IBD).

They found thyroid nodules and -- emphysema! -- on my CT scans. I've never smoked and no, I don't have emphysema (sheesh), so don't know what that was about. I indeed agree that as we age, more and more "things" will start showing up on scans.

Definitely! I just had a moderately large ovarian cyst show up incidentally on an MRI. But when the whole abdomen is being scanned, they are bound to find anything and everything. However, as with your issues, it is likely completely unrelated to the j-pouch.

Hi guys,
Thanks for your replies, I wasn't aware I had any of these things wrong with me specially ankylosing spondylitis, seems that each CT Scan they find something else, but such is life.
All in all I am please with all my outcomes, never really had anything to complain about until I had the cancer. Must be the process of ageing, but got to always be positive
Regards
Bob

Anklylosing spondylitis is an autoimmune disorder. Many people who suffer from IBD, which is also caused by an automimmune disorder, also suffer from AS. AS is not really an "incidental" or unrelated finding as many people who have it also have IBD and the two disorders are related and not incidental.

One of my best friends has both AS and Crohn's which he began treating with Humira 2 years ago. The AS was worse than the Crohn's (severe pain in the joints in his hands and back), but he told me the Humira effectively treats both. The reason why is it suppresses the defective immunoresponse that causes both disorders.

Incidental findings are very common with CT scans. Fortunately, they are usually nothing that needs to be medically addressed. UNfortunately, any responsible doctor will want to do follow-up tests or exams, investigating to make sure that the findings are nothing.

There are scanning centers that you can walk into and get a "whole" body scan. They make their money, knowing that they can always find something....

Nothing like another machine to feed our paranoia

Pouch4Wf