Opinion ID: 6105519
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Heading: Sims’s Treatment

Text: As part of his treatment for prostate cancer, Sims took narcotics that caused constipation, gastrointestinal bleeding, and hemorrhoids. On August 16, 2017, prison officers transported Sims for a colonoscopy. Sims had a polyp removed and left with instructions to return in eight weeks for a follow-up examination. A few days later, Sims experienced rectal bleeding and received a “dose of magnesia.” Sims’s gastroenterologist determined that “the cause of rectal bleeding was an inflamed hemorrhoid.” On August 30, 2017, Sims was transferred to Suwannee Correctional Institution Annex, where Dr. Figueroa became his USCA11 Case: 21-10647 Date Filed: 01/21/2022 Page: 3 of 15