Posted 1/22/2013 7:39 AM (GMT 0)
Ok this really has nothing to do with ostomies, but something's been on my mind lately and just wanted to ask if anybody knew anything about it.
I was taking steroids (Prednisolone) for about a month and half or maybe 2 months, I forget, before getting surgery. I think I started at either 40 mg or 30 mg and started tapering down from there. During this time, I was so worried about gaining weight so I worked out a bunch and even drank a can or two of Red Bull daily. It gave me a lot of energy.
I'm just wondering if it has any correlation to me getting cancer (right by the rectum). I had a colonoscopy done in March 2012, and at that time, I did not have any cancer cells, but then when my GI did a colonoscopy in September 2012, he found a cancerous polyp. I had the steroid treatment from May 2012 to June 2012.
Just wondering whether the steroids and the Red Bull had anything to do with it....?
I'm going to also post the same post in the UC forum to see if anybody has any feedback over there.