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Polyp information please

jamiet
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February 2019

Polyp information please

Hi I'm not sure where to post this but I'll try here. On Friday I had a colonoscopy 4 years after my last one which was normal. This time the notes said I had some polyps removed but that was it. The surgeon didn't speak to me and I was told to book in to see my GP in two weeks. 

 

Can anyone tell me if I need to be worried? All it said was polyps removed. 

 

Any information would be great thanks.

 

Jamie

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Budgie
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February 2019

Re: Polyp information please

Hi Jamiet,

 

Just because you had polyps removed doesn’t necessarily mean anything bad.   Usually, while a colonoscopy is happening any polyps they come across will be removed in the normal course of events.  I’m not sure if they then get sent away for testing or not, I assume they do.  Then the results would be sent to your GP.  That’s the reason they would have told you to make an appointment with your GP for 2 weeks time.  Hopefully you will have nothing to worry about.   Take care. 

 

Budgie

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