For several years I just got the “blood in the stool” test. I recently moved from California to Reno and my new doctor insisted that I (64 years old) get a colonoscopy. This was very fortunate for me because they removed a large 30 cm precancerous polyp. This size and type of polyp has a 40% chance of turning into cancer. I have to go back in 6 months to make sure it doesn’t return. Seriously, prepping and getting the test was no big deal. If you are over 60 and have never had the test just do it.
they removed a large 30 cm precancerous polyp.
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Are you sure it wasn’t 30 mm instead of 30 cm?
That converts to over 11 inches. Or did they take a section of bowel out?
30mm is a little over an inch. I had the same thing, 30mm in dia. and they took it out in two pieces. Same type of polyp.