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To: ConservativeMind

I had a 3 cm polyp removed about 15 years ago.

I’ve had the FIT test a number of times since but not the colonoscopy I very much need to get.

3cm should be followed up by another colonoscopy in a few years, not decades.

I hate that test but I hate dying a slow torturous death more so I need to get on it.

Good article.


3 posted on 04/07/2025 9:27:22 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dp0622

The FIT test is not an appropriate test for those with known or high risk for polyps / malignancy. A 3 cm polyp, unless hyperplastic, which those that size are not likely, should be followed. by a second colonoscopy in 1 year but certainly no less than 3 years.


6 posted on 04/08/2025 5:46:50 AM PDT by DrHFrog
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