colonoscopy

Just got the results of the tests on the 3 polyps removed during my sigmoidoscopy this morning. This blog relates to my sigmoidoscopy & polyps post about 3 weeks ago. First, as yet I have not be diagnosed with cancer but of the two types of polyps found one, a tubular adenoma, can grow to [...]

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Tags: colon cancer, colonoscopy, hyperplastic, tubular adenoma

Had a sigmoidoscopy at hospital yesterday. Procedure is simular to a colonoscopy. It’s a stange thing to see up your own backside! Basically I was expecting to have the full colonoscopy but not able to with out valid reason before I’m 50 (I’m 41) My mum did die of bowel cancer though. I’ve 3 older [...]

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Tags: bowel cancer, cancer, colon, colonoscopy, polyp, polyps, sigmoidoscopy