A few months ago I learned an incredibly valuable lesson that I hope everyone reading this can learn from as well. I had a large flat polyp that was biopsied. The biopsy left scar tissue. As I came to know, scar tissue is a possible blocker to being able to remove flat polyps without surgery. This put me at high risk of needing to have surgery that would end my quality of life. At the beginning of my procedure, Dr. Binmoeller mentioned that scar tissue from biopsy could be pr

It all started with my first screening colonoscopy in Phoenix AZ on 7/21/2015. As I was waking up from anesthesia my doctor informed me that I have a 3cm flat polyp that he could not remove and would require surgery. I was in shock as I was trying to absorb the news and trying to cope with everything around me at the same time. I was referred to a surgeon and upon my visit he gave me a brochure that has all the different types of colon surgery and mine was a right hemicolect