So I decided to visit the doctor. Shortly after that decision, and just before some tests were scheduled, I started to see some blood. The first test showed over a dozen polyps in the rectum. Surgeons connected my ileum to part of my rectum. Over the years, I have also developed hyperplastic polyps in my stomach.
Hyperplastic polyps are different than adenomatous polyps.
Hyperplastic polyps do not have the same cancer risk that adenomatous polyps have. My duodenum gets an adenomatous polyp or two each year. Please know that the duodenum and the ampulla of Vater work closely together. Sometimes, there are duodenal polyps that are separate from the ampulla, and sometimes there are duodenal polyps that are not separate from the ampulla. In my case, the duodenal polyps have been separate from the ampulla.