Hi All,
I am new to these forums....
I am from Scotland/UK , the medical terms and ways are slightly different but I have seen a few of the feeds and some amazing people with amazing advice and strength....
My background is;
2010 = Age 37, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 aggressive Breast Cancer called Her2+ and had a mastectomy, 18months of Intravenous treatment with 5years of tablet form after.
Fast Forward to (May 2018) = (age 45) had a lot of bleeding, went to GP and told that the UK testing age was 50 for colonoscopy. ... I remained persistent, with numerous appointments, eventually I seen the main DR (November 2018) and straight away he gave me a QFIT test to use on my stool. These tests are accurate in ruling out unnecessary colonoscopy for piles etc and it locates occult blood (hidden)
My results came back positive, so I was then referred for colonoscopy.
2019 (age 46) = colonoscopy was 2weeks ago (Feb 2019) it was extremely painful, so much so I screamed out, I also have a retroverted womb (sits on bowel causing pressure) along with endometriosis..... not sure if it was scar tissue causing the pain, just felt burning and sharp pain going from ovary to ovary.
Once he was past the initial insertion, he located ;
* Distal Sigmoid Area = 1 x Pedunculated Polyp (1p) 10mm and removed this for pathology
AND
* Rectum Area = 1 x Sessile (Flat) polyp (IIc) 12mm - was unable to remove via colonoscopy, took two biopsies, one at base and one higher up. Requested I am back in within 3weeks to have this removed via Sigmoidoscopy - date set for 15th of March.
I had klean prep prior to colonoscopy and to use again next week, I was sick the last time, hopefully ok next week (fingers crossed)
I have made an appointment with my GP for Friday this week as I was unsure how long the pathology results take or if I'll be told before my sigmoidoscopy or after ?
Has anyone had a pedunculated polyp and /Or sessile at the above size or there about and had pain like I did at your colonoscopy?
(I was prepared for being 'uncomfortable' due to the air but not actual physical pain) which now has me a little anxious about the next part with sigmoidoscopy etc, and I've had numerous procedures and major operations over the years for other things but this is the first i've had extreme pain during a procedure.
I was also given the sedation, but it did not work and I was able to watch entire check of colon and the biopsies and removal (while gripping the bedside bars)
When I get further results I'll keep you updated.
Thanks for listening.