About 8-9 months ago I had a colonoscopy to remove
what turned out to be cancerous polyps. The doctor
said he removed quite a few of them, but that only 3-4
were "of concern".
At the time I was suffering from extreme fatigue, below
measurable levels of iron, and very low RBC, with the blood
cells being very small and irregular. The diagnosis was that
the polyps were constantly bleeding, although occult blood
showed nothing (no surprises there).
The polyps were removed and I began to recover, although it
took almost 6 months before I started to feel "normal"
again. I'm still on 3x300mg of iron supplements daily. I
lost about 45 pounds, and have gained back all of that plus
10 lbs more.
Over the last month I began to feel tired again, a problem I
chalked up to getting back into work with renewed vigor. But
now I'm quite sure that the problem is back, as all the
symptoms from the first episode are back.
I quite sure (at least from my own observations), that there
is nothing else going on to cause this (ie-no stab wounds
lately, etc.)
I'm scheduled for the same tests as before, so while I await
these results I am looking for information about the
incidence of recurrence, alternative (accepted medical)
treatments, prognosis, etc., for a persons in my situation.
Male, late 40's, well controlled diabetic, family history of
colon cancer (father).
Thanks.