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I got the results of my colonoscopy, and the polyp they removed from me turns
out to be something called a tubular adenoma. This seems to be the most common of such
growths, and while benign, it is something that could become cancer if left to
its own nasty devices. This illustrates the benefits of such a procedure, and
one of the reasons I am sharing my story is to encourage anyone out there
hesitant to get their own testing done, as the inconvenience and discomfort of
the procedure seem greatly exaggerated, while it's hard to overstate its
benefits. Going forward, I'm advised to watch my meat intake (something I am
actually better about than my repeated tales of carnivorous lust would
suggest), eat my fiber and veggies, take a daily baby aspirin (I'll consult my
G.P. about this first) and get re-tested in five years. That five years is
apparently sooner because of this outcome, though I thought the idea was to have these done more regularly, so that doesn't really bother me. So there... if you're putting this
off like I was, I hope you will reconsider, and of course, I hope your results
are perfectly routine.
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