Hi,
Yes, I was having rectal bleeding/clots in 2009. I went to my primary care doctor and he examined me and thought that I had colon cancer. A colonoscopy was performed and the diagnosis then was "diverticulitis ". I was still having bleeding and wt. gain issues during the lateral part of 2010, I went to see my Gynecologist for my yearly check up. She noticed large palpitations in my stomach and sent me to the hospital for a CT abd/pelvis w/Contrast. I had a large Vascular tumor wrapped around my Transverse colon. This was right before the
holidays. I had stomach surgery in January 2011, It was a very big tumor and diagnosis was a "GIST " several months later I seen a Sarcoma doctor. He stated that transverse colon tumor was a SFT (Solitary Fibrous Tumor -Sarcoma Stage 1. I was told a rare GIST vs SFT has very similar characteristics. I had PET Scans for several years and then CT abd/pelv w/chest x-ray's every year( 2014 Sigmoid colon had a suspicious area - so I had colon surgery/Sigmoid partially resected). This year August 2025, CT and CXR will be every 2 years, if everything goes well.