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Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
my wife had a bunch of polyps (some cancerous), without laxative abuse. She did do the genetic testing though, and my son was advised to get checked out in his late 20s
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
I think you need to check your tone before you think someone with your advantages in life just gets to use the "R" word.
Petunia
COVID POSITIVE FOREVER
9.5 years cancer free. She was 37 when she found them, and had to fight with her doctor to even get a colonoscopy ordered. She's had about 4 colonoscopies since and they've all been clear. Scheduled for another one early next year.
Fun fact, when they found the cancerous polyps, they tattooed her from the inside of her colon, to mark the outside of her colon for the surgeon to see what part to remove. They took out about 6 inches.
Petunia
COVID POSITIVE FOREVER
i think she had a couple new polyps last time that they removed, but mostly super clear. I can't remember all the details of her poop tube. She does get heckin constipated sometimes though since the surgery
he's still got a dozen years to worry about that. We're more concerned with her brother, whom we advised to get one 10 years ago and still hasn't
yeah I think you're spot on about clipping, usually when they remove a polyp they can use things like a cautery snare (cold or hot) that will both remove/retrieve the polyp and seal off the hole, but with larger polyps or many polyps close together, it doesn't work well so they clip to prevent continued bleeding.thanks so much for this. you’re like the UF Doctor
so they removed 9 more and 6 months ago they removed 8 i think so that’s like 17 .. and they had to “clip” some which i assume were larger than the others or because there were so many maybe close together? so yeah i don’t know what any of this means but it can’t be the best news??
the surgeon DID mention this generic test you’re speaking of. not sure when this will happen but i’m assuming after the biopsy comes back.
i’ve had like 4 endoscopies and my last one was 6 months ago with the colonoscopy (spit roast baby!!)
that test was the first one that came back ok in years. remember my whole potato pregnancy issues .. and my ulcer that ruptured in 2017 (causing sepsis) and let’s throw in the diverticulitis episode from 15 months ago (causing sepsis)
i feel like this is going to be a lifetime of issues for me. le sigh
edit: plus lupus
yay
as far as the number of polyps, yeah that's A Lot, but it's important to remember that it's not like the 9 they just took all grew in the last 6 months because they knew they didn't get them all that last time, so it would be more like 17 new polyps since {whenever your previous full colonoscopy was where those polyps did not exist} - I mention full colonoscopy because I'm not sure exactly where in your colon the polyps were, and like if some were in your ascending or transverse colon they wouldn't have seen those on a flexible sigmoidoscopy since those don't go as far.
my guess is that they'll have you do a repeat colonoscopy in 6 months to check that they got it all, and then if they did that "clean" colonoscopy will be your new baseline for how fast and in what numbers they'll grow.
there are some guidelines for recommended repat intervals, but it's somewhat involved so without seeing your actual reports I couldn't hazard a more exact guess - they're based on a combination of factors including number & pathology, which we have discussed a bit, but also size, location, whether any of the resection was piecemeal, as well as consideration of past exams.
