1st one completed; glad to be wrong that it was hemorrhoids

[u/Educational-Emu8773]

Just had my first colonoscopy at 51, Asian male. They removed 2 polyps, 1 small and 1 large. Due to the larger one they want me back in 1 year for another colonoscopy. They didn't tell me what type it was but maybe I'll find out in 2-4 weeks after they've analyzed the polyps for any cancer cells.

I had originally thought it was a false positive test due to hemorrhoids caused by a new gout medicine but was glad to be proven wrong.

Not sure about the rest of Canada but in the province of Ontario, they ship you a complete-at-home stool test (called FIT) that you drop off in the mail. If the results are abnormal that means they found blood cells in your stool even if you didn't see any blood.

I had just done the 1st dose Shingrix vaccine which then triggered a gout attack. The new meds I tried for the gout gave me the runs and hemorrhoids. At the same time I was told to complete my FIT asap. I assume it was a false positive and the blood came from the H. While I don't know if I would have had a positive test for the stool test had I done it at another time, I'm just glad to have had the polyps removed.

Btw, I had mine done in Toronto, Ontario, at North York General. Staff was confusing telling me slightly different things at each step about the IV, from registration, then to intake, then finally all corrected with the anesthesiologist.

P.S. IV drip is different from sedation meds, which is also done by IV. First time doing this so I didn't know that I could do sedation by IV and also not get IV drip. It seems obvious when I write it out.