Worried
Going in for annual colonoscopy this morning....Does the worrying ever subside?
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Anyone out there who has
Anyone out there who has continued to get polyps after rectal/colon cancer?
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Not to freak you out, but I
Not to freak you out, but I have continued to get polyps after my initial Stage 3B colon cancer diagnosis. The first follow up after the colonoscopy which found the tumor resulted in I think 3 benign polyps being removed. I was then put on a 3 year follow up schedule. The follow up was done because I was due and to see why my CEA was spiking up. That's when the polyp in my appenedix was found. Back to surgery again to have a right hemicolectomy. Pathology came back as Stage 0.
I guess the silver lining is now that you're under observation, the chances of things being caught early is much greater than someone waiting to become asymptomatic. I guess I'm proof of this. Had none of the follow ups been done, that Stage 0 polyp could have easily been mistaken as appendicitis. At that stage, I would easily be Stage 3 if not Stage 4.
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I DidColonchick said:Anyone out there who has
Anyone out there who has continued to get polyps after rectal/colon cancer?
On my first one (only one so far) after the dignosis and initial surgery. None of them were problematic.
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Thank you! I was really upset
Thank you! I was really upset when they found the polyp...I know it's silly but I was just surprised to see a polyp after only a year!!
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1st scope after colorectal surgeryColonchick said:Thank you! I was really upset
Thank you! I was really upset when they found the polyp...I know it's silly but I was just surprised to see a polyp after only a year!!
Correction: I did have my first colonoscopy ONE year after my LAR - and now it is every 2 years. Again - at least a couple of polyps every time - even that 1st year. Other than that, everything else looks good. So - no worries!
J
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