1 x Adenomatous polyp found during first year surveillance colonoscopy

VJS1985 over 1 year ago

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Hi guys, it’s been a while… so I had my 1 year CT scan June 1st and that came back all clear no local recurrence or metastasis but during the colonoscopy last Friday they did find a adenomatous polyp in the splenic flexure they obviously cut out it out but should I be worried, I didn’t read the report fully until I left the hospital so I couldn’t ask any questions whilst I were there, the polyp was sent to the lab and then I’ll be contacted I guess. I was feeling rather positive before all this as I am struggling to come to terms with tHe fact I had stage 3 rectal cancer last year then had 6 months of chemo, everyone keeps saying to me to try and forget it but I just can’t so am getting help for that and like I say we’re doing all right until last week :(

Kareno62 over 1 year ago

Hi. From what I’ve read some can turn cancerous over time but it can take about 10 years. It’s good that it has been removed and hopefully the lab results will be back quickly. You could post in the Ask a Nurse section if you’re wanting a more medical answer or give your Colorectal Support Nurse a ring?

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Karen x

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VJS1985 over 1 year ago in reply to Kareno62

Yea that’s how I got here in the first place a polyp turning cancerous but yea will ask the nurse asking getting rather anxious even though they removed the little bugger… thank you x

Anvil over 1 year ago in reply to VJS1985

I am one year ahead of you so had my one year checks last year. Like you bloods and CT scan were clear but they found four polyps during the colonoscopy. I only have my sigmoid colon and my rectum so that was a lot. They were sent to the lab and came back clear. It did throw me though and like you I can’t seem to stop worrying about the cancer returning. I cope with it by accepting that it is normal and something I now have to go through live with. Two years on and it is still on my mind all the time, but not to the level it stops me doing anything. I am trying to take control - I have given up red meat, processed food and alcohol. I am exercising regularly. If it returns I’ve done what I can. I am incredibly grateful to our wonderful NHS and the life I now have. Everybody on here recognises our anxieties; somebody said it is not like a cold that you forget about. I am now waiting for another ciolonoscopy as they described me as ‘a polyp grower’.