Hi Maybelle, it is so scary getting a positive FIT result and it must feel more terrifying that you're pregnant. I hope your pregnancy will go smoothly.

The FIT test looks for tiny traces of blood in poo so it is a good sign that yours was slightly raised. Were you seeing blood in your poo or did you have other symptoms? (if you don't mind sharing). It's a good idea to keep a diary of symptoms to keep track of them.

I've also been referred as my FIT test was positive but it was at 400ug/g and she didn't seem concerned and said there's low risk of malignancy. This was in April and I still hadn't heard from them (even though I was on an urgent waiting list) so my doctor recently moved me on the 2ww referral. Do you have an idea of how long you should be waiting?

Hope everything goes okay for both of us.

Hi Amelia,

I made a post a few weeks ago explaining my symptoms if you'd like to read it, should just be on my page. 

I never noticed any blood in my stool and only really saw it on my stool once if I remember correctly. 

GP said I should receive a phone call in a few weeks to dicuss with someone whether or not they think I need a sigmoidscopy which I was already on a waiting list for.

I'm just absolutely terrified as I suffer from health anxiety badly and don't understand why she said if I was 50 or over they wouldn't even class my result as positive, so why is it positive if I'm 25 and have no family history? Very concerned.

Hi it must be hard having symptoms for so long. I have health anxiety aswell, so I understand how hard it is to not overthink everything they say and to keep thinking the worst.

I also think that's confusing that they wouldn't class your result as positive if you were over 50. Bowel cancer's more common for over 50s so it would make more sense to count a lower result as positive for those at greater risk. It sounds like they were trying to reassure you but I don't think they worded it well. It's good that you don't have a family history of bowel cancer as that may have increased your risk.

A result higher than 10ug/g is a positive and a result at 20ug/g or higher means there is a greater risk of polyps or malignancy.

It's good that they will be calling you to discuss further tests because it's important that they find what is causing your symptoms so they can be treated. It would be unlikely to be cancer if you don't have any of the risk factors but it is better to find it early as treatment will be more likely to be effective.

Hi it must be hard having symptoms for so long. I have health anxiety aswell, so I understand how hard it is to not overthink everything they say and to keep thinking the worst.

I also think that's confusing that they wouldn't class your result as positive if you were over 50. Bowel cancer's more common for over 50s so it would make more sense to count a lower result as positive for those at greater risk. It sounds like they were trying to reassure you but I don't think they worded it well. It's good that you don't have a family history of bowel cancer as that may have increased your risk.

A result higher than 10ug/g is a positive and a result at 20ug/g or higher means there is a greater risk of polyps or malignancy.

It's good that they will be calling you to discuss further tests because it's important that they find what is causing your symptoms so they can be treated. It would be unlikely to be cancer if you don't have any of the risk factors but it is better to find it early as treatment will be more likely to be effective.