I've had my jpouch for over 9 years now, overall I've had great success. Lately I don't feel well, I had a cat scan checking something else and it showed inflammation in my small intestines and some swollen lymph nodes in the same area. I'm going to a gi dr. Soon (my jpouch surgeon retired) but I'm just curious if anyone has any idea what it could be, I've never had any issues with my small intestines before, my family dr. Did mention it looked similar to crohns but I would need a specialist.
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I forgot to add I'm very anemic, my hemoglobin is between 7.5 and 8.5.
Could be Crohn's, but no point going there before all the evidence is in. Chronic gut inflammation could explain your anemia too, so that points to Crohn's. The good news is that Crohn's does not mean your pouch has to be removed. You'd need treatment for Crohn's whether you had a pouch or not.
Take care,
Jan
Take care,
Jan