43yr old male, with no symptoms or family history of colonrectal cancer.
In October 2017 I took a screeing test that came back + for blood in my stool. Within 2 weeks I had a colonospecy with a GI. Was told I had a mass and needed surgery. Got a second opinion from another GI who confirmed the mass but said he could probably remove it in a couple "snare" colonospecy procedures. An attempt was made in November removing about 90%. I was told the next day it was a tubulovillouss adenoma polyp with high grade dysplasia. The GI said he couldn't safely remove the rest and was concerned about 'bleeding". Said I needed surgery. All CEA and an MRI of my abdomen was negative. The was no real concern about time by the GI but said I needed it done. In December I found a colonrectal surgeon I liked and proceeded to schedule . He gave me a flexible sigmoidoscopy at the time without a biopsy . Because it was a robotic assisted surgery it took about 7 written complaints before I got a date in Feb then rescheduled to April . After successful resection surgery I was told 3 weeks later which was Friday that the pathology revealed cancer. 12 lymph nodes were taken with 1 coming back abnormal. The said it was stage 3 based on that. My questions are 1) Did the GI who removed 90.% possibly put me at risk and exposed my tubulovillouss polyp to other areas of the colon? 2) Sould my surgeon had taken a biopsy before surgery? 3) Could time and the scheduling been a contributer. I am scheduled for a 3 months of chemo pills and port injections. Thanks in advance. I'm having a hard time with this. King2477