"I was taken into the procedure room on time and 30 minutes later I woke up in the recovery room. "Dr. Mieczkowski, everything went well," Dr. Smith told me. "I removed one large polyp and a few smaller ones, but none of them concern me. My office will let you know the results in a few days." I thanked him and offered best wishes on his retirement, thinking that I would never see him again. I was relieved ― no signs of cancer."
"Around 2:45 p.m., I had an urgent need to use the bathroom and passed streaks of blood. I knew this was common after a colonoscopy, so I didn't tell Joanne or call the doctor's office. Fifteen minutes later, I felt more urgency and made another hurried trip to the bathroom. There was more blood ― a lot more blood. "Oh shit! Damn it," I said out loud."
My day began early for a 10-year follow-up colonoscopy with Dr. Smith. Several polyps were removed during the on-time procedure and Dr. Smith reported no concerns. After waking and returning home, I experienced urgent bowel movements with increasing amounts of blood, initially attributing it to common post-colonoscopy effects. Fifteen minutes later the bleeding intensified, prompting my wife and me to drive to a nearby hospital. I notified the physician's office en route. Upon arrival, registration was quick and a nurse promptly called me back. Medical staff began triage and monitoring immediately after rooming me.
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