Successful Intervention with Flat Polyp and Journey with Polyps over 20 Years.
My story is one of success. First, my dad died of colon cancer in 1995 at the age of 78. I am now 70 years old. My story starts at about age 50. I was having a pain in my lower right abdomen. I went to the doctor and was sent for a Barium enema. Soon after I was told something was found. A colonoscopy was scheduled and 10+ polyps were found and removed. Compared to what I see today the polyps removed at that time were large. One that I passed at home was about the size of a s