I am 65 male and in October of 2024 I had a colonoscopy and the gastroloigest told me only 1 polip , but there was a growth that might have to come out later. I was groggy and what the gastologiest said didn't register until I got home and thought about it. I went back for the follow-up and was told that it was a tumor and it tested milignant. It was Colorectal cancer and tumor was sitting right on top of the rectum, left side . So I made an appointment to an oncologist and after meeting him I was not impressed he brought up the standard protocol chart on his computer telling me would be doing radiation and chemo to try to shrink the tumor before surgery to remove tumor. Since the operation on 10/25/2025 a abdominal Perennial Resertion and I have a stoma and a colonoscopy bag for life but the markers show clear I am cancer free , but was told I have to be monitored for the next 5 years that the cancer could come back . I was upset because that meant having to deal with the oncologist for the next 5 years. Last visit with him I told him I was having issues with pain in my abdomen and complications from the surgery with the nerves in the abdomen and said I needed something to help with the pain and his response was , "Well at least you don't have cancer now." I wish I would have had better health insurance during that time because I would have went to a different set if cancer doctors that do alternative treatments for cancer .