What Happens to Surgical Clips That are Placed to Stop Bleeding of a Removed Colon Polyp?

[stewartlodge887]

I had a colonoscopy in August during which 2 polyps were removed. Surgical clips were placed on 1 to prevent bleeding. 15 days later it began to bleed profusely. Although the doctor did not offer a reason, I suspect 3 days of moderate constipation dislodged the clips and started the bleeding. After receiving 6 pints of plasma and 3 pints of whole blood, i underwent another colonoscopy in which another clip was installed to stop the bleeding. I was told to resume a normal diet 5 days later. My fear is that a normal diet contains so much roughage that the clip could be dislodged and the bleeding would occur again. I feel a soft diet for 30 days to give the polyp more time to heal would be safer. I hope to prevent constipation by drinking prune juice. Also, what happens to the clips? Are they eventually dislodged and passed, or can they stay there forever? Any comments? Thank you.

[Moma2018]

Mine told me they come out too, but there are studies about MRI tests, (a magnetic field machine test), that mention our type of clips and that they carry a slight risk of causing complications of restarting the bleed by dislodging the clips. I am more worried about how an MrI could affect our hemoglobin/iron content, etc, if we don't have a normal ferritin count (iron stores that tell our body how to repair itself). Anyone?

[agitation]

The surgeon told my husband the clips would come out on their own in His stool.