PRESENT ILLNESS: , The patient is a very pleasant 69-year-old Caucasian male whom we are asked to see primarily because of a family history of colon cancer, but the patient also has rectal bleeding on a weekly basis and also heartburn once every 1 or 2 weeks. 
PRESENT ILLNESS : , The patient is a very pleasant 69 - year - old Caucasian male whom we are asked to see primarily because of a family history of colon cancer , but the patient also has rectal bleeding on a weekly basis and also heartburn once every 1 or 2 weeks .