Colonoscopy - Just Do It

Completed yesterday. They removed 3 polyps.

Bad news - there is a 3cm multifaceted polyp near the valve between my colon and small intestine. The good news is that it is removable but a bit more involved than what was doable on the spot. So at the moment it will be endoscopic submicosal dissection.

They said in another few years I would be looking a colon cancer. So my daughter signing me up for all this on her own may have saved my life. Or at least my colon.

If you are 50, GO GET ONE DONE!!!

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rfjeff9 said:
Completed yesterday. They removed 3 polyps.

Bad news - there is a 3cm multifaceted polyp near the valve between my colon and small intestine. The good news is that it is removable but a bit more involved than what was doable on the spot. So at the moment it will be endoscopic submicosal dissection.

They said in another few years I would be looking a colon cancer. So my daughter signing me up for all this on her own may have saved my life. Or at least my colon.

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What no pictures?
 
rfjeff9 said:
Completed yesterday. They removed 3 polyps.

Bad news - there is a 3cm multifaceted polyp near the valve between my colon and small intestine. The good news is that it is removable but a bit more involved than what was doable on the spot. So at the moment it will be endoscopic submicosal dissection.

They said in another few years I would be looking a colon cancer. So my daughter signing me up for all this on her own may have saved my life. Or at least my colon.

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rfjeff9 said:
Completed yesterday. They removed 3 polyps.

Bad news - there is a 3cm multifaceted polyp near the valve between my colon and small intestine. The good news is that it is removable but a bit more involved than what was doable on the spot. So at the moment it will be endoscopic submicosal dissection.

They said in another few years I would be looking a colon cancer. So my daughter signing me up for all this on her own may have saved my life. Or at least my colon.

If you are 50, GO GET ONE DONE!!!

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Congrats on the good news; and good luck with the bad. Is your butthole sore today?
 
rfjeff9 said:
Completed yesterday. They removed 3 polyps.

Bad news - there is a 3cm multifaceted polyp near the valve between my colon and small intestine. The good news is that it is removable but a bit more involved than what was doable on the spot. So at the moment it will be endoscopic submicosal dissection.

They said in another few years I would be looking a colon cancer. So my daughter signing me up for all this on her own may have saved my life. Or at least my colon.

If you are 50, GO GET ONE DONE!!!

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Wild Turkey said:
Here is the deal if you are between the ages 45 to 50 then it's time to put the big boy britches on and go get a colonoscopy. Why? Well because it has the potential to save your life and it's not that big of a deal. I had my first this year and I had put it off for several years but my wife wouldn't quit riding me about it and my doctor finally told me it wasn't an option, so I did it.

Well, they found 6 polyps and one of them was precancerous so it was a dang good thing I did it. How serious was the precancerous one? Now, I've got to get another one in a year to see if it comes back so it's a concern. The doctor said I came at the right time because if I had gone a couple of more years I very well could have had cancer and had to deal with everything that comes with it.

I consider myself lucky (even though my butt is going to get probed yearly for the next couple of years) and I'm glad I did it. If you haven't done then just bite the bullet and go do it because it so much easier to take care of an issue in the early stages then it is to wait and deal with full-blown cancer. I don't have a history of cancer in my family and I don't have any kind of colon problems in my family either so I thought it was a big waste of time. I was wrong so whatever excuse you have for not doing it forget that and just do it.

Be healthy.
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If you will let me tell you what to stick up my ass, then we can have a discussion.
 
rfjeff9 said:
Completed yesterday. They removed 3 polyps.

Bad news - there is a 3cm multifaceted polyp near the valve between my colon and small intestine. The good news is that it is removable but a bit more involved than what was doable on the spot. So at the moment it will be endoscopic submicosal dissection.

They said in another few years I would be looking a colon cancer. So my daughter signing me up for all this on her own may have saved my life. Or at least my colon.

If you are 50, GO GET ONE DONE!!!

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Damn. 3cm is huge.
 
rfjeff9 said:
Completed yesterday. They removed 3 polyps.

Bad news - there is a 3cm multifaceted polyp near the valve between my colon and small intestine. The good news is that it is removable but a bit more involved than what was doable on the spot. So at the moment it will be endoscopic submicosal dissection.

They said in another few years I would be looking a colon cancer. So my daughter signing me up for all this on her own may have saved my life. Or at least my colon.

If you are 50, GO GET ONE DONE!!!

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Glad they caught it.

Somebody on this site is going to ignore this warning and is going to end up with cancer.
 
Wild Turkey said:
Glad they caught it.

Somebody on this site is going to ignore this warning and is going to end up with cancer.
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Followup done. Polyp removed.

I'm on the hook now for another checkup 6-12 months but will ensure its this year due to deductible.

Guys go get this done. It would have been cancer in another couple years.
 
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rfjeff9 said:
Followup done. Polyp removed.

I'm on the hook now for another checkup 6-12 months but will ensure its this year due to deductible.

Guys go get this done. It would have been cancer in another couple years.
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So got my second on Wed because I had to come back in just one year because of the pre-cancerous polyp they found the first time and they just found two small benign polyps this time and I don't have to come back for 5 years.

If I hadn't gone the first time (and wouldn't have if my wife hadn't nagged me) it would also have been cancer in two years also. I definitely don't want to live forever but I didn't want to die at 54 either. By getting a colonoscopy when I did I will live to hold grandchildren one day.
 
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