Try not to worry - I had three FIT tests - first one was 112, second one was 129 and third one was over 200. I was really scared but after my colonoscopy I was told I had severe diverticulosis, hemorrhoids and either an inverted diverticulum or a polyp. I’m waiting to hear whether it’s a polyp that needs removing or whether it’s an inverted diverticulum. So as you can see there’s lots of things it could be. I nearly made myself ill worrying about what it might be and imagining the worse case scenario. Please try not to worry - I’m sure everything will be fine  - good luck x

Hello Charliemarie 24 and thanks for the post

Try not to over think this result too much for now until you have some more tests.

As others have said there are many reasons to have blood in the stools and most will be caused by something other than cancer. Many other inflammatory bowel conditions, infection, polyps and piles can also cause blood in stools.

The FIT result and quantity of blood detected has no bearing on the chance of it being cancer, so i'm afraid it is a matter of sitting tight until you see the colorectal team. Often people who have a positive FIT will have some form of cameral passed through the bowel, usually a colonoscopy where they can inspect the bowel more closely to find the source of the bleeding.

I hope you know more soon.

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Take care

Naomi