Thank you Mary. No. My adoptive father died about 80 (throat cancer). My adoptive mother died at 50 (brain cancer). BTW it's complicated. When I grew up I assumed my Grandfather was who he was and his daughter was my Mother. When my adoptive parents died I found out that my Grandfather was almost certainly my REAL father. So my adoptive mother was in fact my Sister. I spent just about every holiday with my Grandfather and remember something strange going on. A strange woman..

I'm 73 so a little worried as I'm getting close to my REAL parents age (who died of bowel cancer) when they died and .past my mothers/sisters age.

In all what concerns me is I went to my GP because I was having problems down below and there was some blood in my poo. He referred me to the hospital and they made an appointment for 2 weeks later. He did warn me it was urgent..The hospital made an appointment for another 2 weeks for a Colonoscopy. Now 2 weeks later I have the scan.

It seems strange that everything is quick. I have NEVER been seen for anything so urgently. I cannot help feeling pessimistic that it is something bad. But as I say there is nothing I can do but wait and hope.

John