Fit test

Good afternoon all.

I already have stage 3b Melanoma and i and 3/4 through treatment of Dab and Tram.

My post is not about Melanoma though.

About 3 weeks ago my GP said I was anemic and my hemoglobin was down to 120 so asked me to do a fit test.

I did the fit test and it came back positive which he said was a low score i.e 30ug (means nothing to me).

Now I am going to have a Colonoscopy on the 18th November with sedation which I am really looking forward too as I have never had on before and just hear so many bad things about the procedure.

When I spoke to my oncologist for my melanoma about it, I asked her did anything show up on my thorax / Pelvis CT scan with contrast in August and she replied no it was all clear.

So now I am just hoping that in if I do have bowel cancer it will be early stages.

Can i adk if 30ug a low reading ?

Took me months to terms with my Melanoma diagnosis now I have this to worry about.

I don't think any of us signed up for this, did we

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

Simon.

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  • Hi the Colonoscopy looked fine although they took 2 biopsies and I will be having a CT scan this week ,so we'll see ,you're bound to be worried it a natural reaction .if you need to know anything just ask .

  • Hi Jenny.

    So glad it looked fine, fingers crossed with the CT scan.

    My oncologist for my Melanoma said my Thorax / Pelvis CT scan with contrast didn't show anything bad with my bowel and said that is promising.

    But she did say it can't pick up any very small cells that might cause bleeding within the bowel like tumors, growths or lumps that have not formed.

    So I will have to see how it all goes.

    Take care Jenny, hope everything goes well for you x