I haven't had that exactly, but I guess it would be an appointment to give you the results of the test?

There is no way they can know anything other than whether or not you have blood in your poo and how much from that test. If you saw blood in your poo, then you pretty much know the result anyway. It is very likely to be positive.

Lots of things can cause blood in your poo and it seems likely they will do a colonoscopy to find out what is causing it in your case. I'd guess the consultant surgeon will be the person to do that? The most likely result is something like hemorrhoids, but there are loads of possibilities - hemorrhoids, possibly a fissure, polyps, Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis (which I've probably mispelled), cancer, certain infections...

Age makes a different. If you are under 60, cancer and I think diverticulitis and polyps are probably fairly unlikely. If you are older, well, cancer at least is still on the less likely side, but there is more of a chance and possibly somewhat less of a chance of Crohn's or ulcerative colitis. At any age, the more minor things are the more likely.

I had rectal bleeding, some weight loss, some loose stools (maybe once or twice a week) and trapped wind over the summer. The consultant surgeon told me that as I was only 40, I would be "the unluckiest person in the world" if it turned out to be cancer and that it was probably hemorrhoids, which turned out to be the case.

I haven't had that exactly, but I guess it would be an appointment to give you the results of the test?

There is no way they can know anything other than whether or not you have blood in your poo and how much from that test. If you saw blood in your poo, then you pretty much know the result anyway. It is very likely to be positive.

Lots of things can cause blood in your poo and it seems likely they will do a colonoscopy to find out what is causing it in your case. I'd guess the consultant surgeon will be the person to do that? The most likely result is something like hemorrhoids, but there are loads of possibilities - hemorrhoids, possibly a fissure, polyps, Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis (which I've probably mispelled), cancer, certain infections...

Age makes a different. If you are under 60, cancer and I think diverticulitis and polyps are probably fairly unlikely. If you are older, well, cancer at least is still on the less likely side, but there is more of a chance and possibly somewhat less of a chance of Crohn's or ulcerative colitis. At any age, the more minor things are the more likely.

I had rectal bleeding, some weight loss, some loose stools (maybe once or twice a week) and trapped wind over the summer. The consultant surgeon told me that as I was only 40, I would be "the unluckiest person in the world" if it turned out to be cancer and that it was probably hemorrhoids, which turned out to be the case.