Results back.

Pre-cancerous polyps is a very different situation. I hope you monitor much more closely, get any future polyps removed promptly.

With a history of pre-cancerous (really stage-0 cancer) polyps and family history of CRC, I would have a relationship with a good surgeon or center so you do not have to choose quickly if surgery is needed in the future.

Hopefully some of the new immune system based cancer therapies will make cancer surgery increasingly rare over the next decade, but meanwhile keep inflammation aggressively controlled and monitor like heck.

good luck

I had a precancerous polyp once. It was interesting because i don't have a family history (of CRC or IBD) and my UC was REALLY mild at the time, almost a non-issue - just a slight bit of blood on the paper when I wiped. I was shocked when she found a polyp, even more shocked when the results came back. After that things calmed and I went on normally for a while. Over time, my UC got out of control and became more difficult to manage over the years, eventually, I had surgery. In some ways I am thankful to be done with it. It's nice to keep the colon if you can, but ultimately, I am doing much better without mine. Mine was nothing but trouble the past few years. Did the pathology say UC? I don't think you need to rush to have surgery, but you definitely need to monitor frequently. Since surgery, I would never consider living the way I did for so long. My biggest regret is giving up those years to illness. I would have had surgery a few years back and I would have been able to live instead of constantly making excuses for my absence. It actually made my career less of a priority for me, and at a time that I really should have been working toward doing better in the workplace. Very unfortunate. Life after surgery has it's considerations, I can't go for LONG periods without going to the bathroom but I can definitely go as long as I would between peeing. There are times I go 6 hours during the day without thinking about the toilet, when I am very tired I sleep through the night... The biggest issue for me after surgery is noise. jpouches are notorious for being noisy! The freedom it has given me is well worth the noise :)

I wonder why they didn't remove the 3rd polyp. What a hassle.

Well, good luck & hopefully you never need surgery - but if you do, it can be a blessing in disguise. I haven't taken a drug or seen a doctor in months. I've gone to the doctor once or twice this year and both were follow ups. I won't need to go at all after my 12 month follow up. It will be nice, going from seeing doctors every few weeks + pharmacy constantly + blood draws + infusions, to nothing, is life changing.

So much to think about. My plan right now is to get the thing out asap..see what the pathology on it is.
Recent pathology did say UC ( left side). She didn't take the polyp because it was flat..she would have needed to inject it with saline first. For some reason she was convinced there was inflammation..and said this procedure shouldn't be done in that case.

I'm kind of upset with her because she told me I likely needed my colon out when I was drugged out on propofil last Friday..then didn't respond to my calls/questions till today.

I have been on the j pouch group..and gotten a few Dr. recommendations.
Feeling like I should get genetic testing done. Stress. My Dad had 3 different cancers.
My issues with UC have gotten so much better over the years( after menopause).
Thanks everybody for the support.