Frederick Gandolfo, MD:
Dear Retroflexions,
Over two years ago, I had a colon resection for the removal of a cancerous tumor (stage 2A). Ever since, I have had on and off bleeding in my stool. My surgeon has done two sigmoidoscopies and my gastro doctor has done two colonoscopies. The findings as of November 2015 are granulation tissue at the resection site (sigmoid). The bleeding comes and goes... maybe 2 weeks to a month...no blood...then it starts again. Its been back