I’m a newbie to this site and more than grateful I found it! I found the site a few days ago, after I had my first colonoscopy. What a great place…so many wonderful people going through so much, with so much compassion for others and strength beyond belief! Breaks my heart to see so many very young people dealing with such adversity!
I should have had my first colonoscopy long before now! My mom was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer at the age of 69 and died four months later. I guess my apprehension came from fear. I convinced myself I was fine. My weight was great, I was young and healthy for my age and not a chance anything could be wrong.
How ignorant was that?!? At 57, the results of my first colonoscopy are more than troubling. I awoke on the table to see my Doctor typing my results into a computer. Very groggy, I asked her what was going on and how my procedure went. She proceeded to tell me that she removed four polyps but was “concerned” about the “very large” 3.5 cm polyp she removed. She told me that there were a few more polyps she didn’t remove because she was in there for over 45 minutes and did not want to stay in there any longer. Her next words to me were … “You may have saved your life today.” She proceeded to tell me that the large polyp she removed had a “stock” on it and would call me as soon as she received the pathology report, even if it came in over the weekend.
It is now very late Sunday night (procedure was done Wed morning) and I have not heard a thing.
Unfortunately, or more importantly, currently we have a world of information at out fingertips. I have Google’d every possible scenario in my situation and everything I’ve read is troubling.
I am hoping (due to my doctor’s comment) that my colonoscopy may have saved my life and would love to hear from others on their first colonoscopy and findings like mine. Although I am trying to be very optimistic, I am extremely concerned about the “very large” polyp found.
Falling asleep tonight with a heavy heart and prayers to all going through such a very difficult time!