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I went to our local hospital in June 2008 for a routine colonoscopy. My GP recommended the procedure because I have a family history of colorectal cancer and a personal history of colon polyps. (My mother was diagnosed and operated on for colorectal cancer in 2004, and one of my aunts (her sister) died of it in 1995. During the colonoscopy, the MD performing the procedure discovered a polyp that was too large to be removed in the normal fashion. So, he scheduled me for an immediate bowel resecti...Read the full article