FIT TEST

FIT test came back 200, I have been told anything over 10 is a hospital referral, I didn't worry until I found out it's out of 400, you have a blood test before your referral which mine is Wednesday.  I have to phone the hospital Monday for my appointment date and then keep everything crossed it's nothing to serious, I wish you all well and don't over think things until your results come back, then that's the time to sit and discuss the future , and keep chatting, the more people you can talk to the clearer things become, stay off the internet because that would have you dead and buried before your tests are done x

 

  • It is worth everyone remembering that a positive FIT test only indicates that there is blood in your faeces.  

    There are umpteen possible causes of this (bowel cancer is just one of them) and a significant number of false positive results will always be generated (I've read figures between 5% and 25% reported in different studies). 

    Bowel cancer screening is undoubtedly a good thing. One of the downsides of mass screening is that an awful lot of people without cancer will inevitably go through the worry of the diagnostic pathway unnecessarily if we are to diagnose high numbers of cases early enough for treatment to reduce the numbers of preventable deaths.

    Good luck with your results

    Dave