Had a colonoscopy yesterday and have to have it repeated, anyone with same ?!


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Had a colonoscopy yesterday and have to have it repeated, anyone with same ?

I had a colonoscopy done yesterday that could not be completed because of pain, spasm in the colon and polyps. I will have it repeated under general anesthesia. As far as the test could progress my doc found three polyps, one small, one 2.5cm and one larger than that. He biopsied them all. He wants me to have a CT scan done of pelvis and abdomen to see if there is anything around my intestines and told me that polyps over 1 cm have a 50/50 chance of being cancer. I am scared, worried and a bit frantic. I am generally a positive person and try not to worry until the facts are known but this has me totally with my knickers in a twist. Anyone ever had anything similar, what was your experience, any words of wisdom appreciated.

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2 weeks ago
Good News !!! CT scan is normal, and CEA 3.5 YEAH !!! Thanks for all the encouragement and words of wisdom


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have many polyps in my colon, not cancerous, have had 2 colonoscopy's back to back what turned up was something else not cancer, the CT Scan is to exclude any other area's or check for any other problems and sometime one follows the other, Dr's tend to be a little over worried and if no CT the doctor does not have a complete picture of what is happening
whatever this is, stay calm, because you will need to ask heaps of questions on your behalf re any treatment no matter for what, try writing a list to take with you to the doctors, focus on something that you like to do. good luck with everything.




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