Bowel cancer screening kit

Hello

I receiverd a Bowel cancer screening kit in the post.

I messed it up because i got urine on the poo.

Before taking the poo sample, I had a wee.

Then I put a "potty" over the loo.

More wee came out, even though i thought i was empty.

The sample was spoiled.

I don't know how to avoid this, i poo first thing on a mornig

I did think there was no more wee left in my blader, but there was.

What is the best way to poo without coverring it with wee?

How can i be sure my bladder is empty?

 

  • Hello and thank you for your post,

    If you can, do a wee first making sure your bladder is empty then drop a container into the loo to catch the poo. That way you will not accidentally wee on your poo sample.  We have some information about getting the sample for the FIT test on our website , you can see it here www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../FIT

    Perhaps posting in another area (see these areas to the left of this page) of Cancer Chat will get you more responses too.

    Take care

    Caroline