Hi. Sorry to hear you are dealing with this. But as you probably know, the FIT only tests for blood in your stool and many things can cause that. It could be hemorrhoids or a fissure or ulcerative colitis or Crohn's or diverticulitis or an infection or a polyp or cancer or probably a whole load of things I've never even heard of.

With a result of 19.8, there isn't even that much blood. People get results in the 100s. With a result like that, I'd say there's a good chance it's something like hemorrhoids or a fissure. Especially at your age. 

I had rectal bleeding when I was 40 and while I didn't have a positive FIT, the consultant said that at my age the odds of cancer were "less than 1%" and I would be "the unluckiest person in the world" if that turned out to be the explanation and he said that a FIT probably would be positive and that wouldn't be anything to be too concerned about.

I know any chance of cancer is scary and especially with a family history, but the odds are probalby in your favour.

Hope you get good news

I had one twenty months ago,like yourself it was above 10 had a colonoscopy nothing showed up,so i wouldn't worry to much..Unfortunately for me i've just ha some bloods done showing very low iron which could be signs of bleeding somewhere so i'm waiting on another FIT test results i should get tmorrow,now unless they missed something the forst time round it seems unlikely to be anything too serious but you just nevrr know..The worst part is the prep,and i would definitey use the gas and air i didn't think there would be any pain si i learnt a hard lesson there..

Thank you, my bloods showed low iron too, guess it’s just waiting game now! Thank you 

Low iron in women is quite common menstrual cycle etc,in men it is not common and it can be more related to blood in intestines or stomach...so i wouldn't worry about the iron marker too much mine is 27 when it should be 45 at least bt my diet is full of iron so a bit concerning.