According to the pathology results, both polyps were completely benign. The 1.2cm one was an inflammatory polyp, and the 10 mm one was a hyperplastic polyp. According to my GI, I don't need another colonoscopy for the next 5 years. I will go earlier just to be safe. I am still a bit confused and par...

I went for my first colonoscopy last week because my father had a villous adenoma at age 31, which he needed surgery to remove. So he told me to go now, as I am in that age range he anticipated. My father's mother died of colon cancer in her 50's with that same villous adenoma, as did my father's au...