u/PoHoPrincess

Hey y’all, I’m three hours post colonoscopy that was scheduled due to GI symptoms and family history. They found two polyps, a baby 1 cm in my cecum and a larger 8 mm in my sigmoid colon. Both were benign in appearance and removed during the procedure with the bigger one needing to be chopped up to get it out. Fun!

Now it’s not my first rodeo, I had two benign polyps removed in 2008 but my follow up recommendation after that one was five years (yeah I was way overdue oops). This time, different doctor is recommending a year and I’m like what? A year!?! Yuck!

So question is, why? I’m not sure I’ve seen another person post about a year follow up, I was expecting three or five or ten which seems to be typical. Is this a new recommendation? I’ll do it again in a year but man I don’t want to lol.

EDIT: u/buntingbilly got it! After doing some reading I found out when you have a piecemeal polypectomy there’s a 10-30% chance of recurrence at the site. So those patients go back 6-12 months later to make sure everything is gone. Hope this helps someone else who was wondering!

Stay away from diarrhea lettuce and eat your brussel sprouts

What’s with all the dicks here? I came for rocket ships not schlong

[ Removed by moderator ]

Rotary Day Parade

Another one in a year??

Spicy Thai Kitchen