What Do Your Colonoscopy RESULTS MEAN??

Congratulations on finally completing your colonoscopy. I really hope that it was easier than you expected and you had a positive experience with your team. I'm sure when you woke up, you were eager to learn about what the GI doctor found during your exam. While I cant speak to your specific results, I can give you some guidelines on how to understand what the GI doctor/team is talking about!

Since this is colon cancer screening, most peoples' first question is - did you find cancer? This is really rare. Most of the time, we either find nothing, diverticulosis or hemorrhoids. Polyps are also a common finding, but it is important to understand that polyps are not cancer. Did we remove the polyps? Or were they biopsied? I'll discuss when we remove and when we biopsy in the video. If we do biopsy, when will we get the pathology results back? And how do the pathology results affect when you will have another colonoscopy? How many factors contribute to when your next colonoscopy will be?

What if we found a tumor? What next? Ill talk about this as well.

Look forward to more videos concerning questions people have after colonoscopies!

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