Hi Steve

I so hope I have same result as you...positive FIT score but no real symptoms..no change in loo habits but occasionally blood due to I think piles..freaking out and Dr Google making me worse!!!I've read 90 per cent of positive results not cancer but of course worry  I am in the 9%..your story is a positive one very much so...kind regards Helen

Hi Helen, yes Google is the worst thing to look on for making you paranoid! I was convinced I had it. I'm sure it's 9 out of 10 colonoscopy checks turn out to be other things. 

The blood I had occasionally was bright red so lower down the bowel. I know what it is now though and the doctor told me there and then. I think if the blood is darker or tar coloured then it's possibly something more sinister? Mine only seemed to happen after multiple bowel movements and by multiple I mean literally 5 times in 1 day and always after I'd consumed a lot of alcohol. Makes me sound like an alcoholic which I really am not lol.

You need to remember though that the fit test isn't a cancer test. There can be multiple places blood can come from.

I hope you have a good outcome. 

Thank you so much Steve for your reply..Google def making me paranoid especially stories about people having bowel or colon cancer and no symptoms...I know what you mean re alcohol as when I do have a lot...not that I do often...but I go to the loo a lot the day after and can get a tiny bit of blood but that's pretty rare..hard to think back to remember specifics as don't track things..

It's going to be a long wait till Friday then another long wait for procedure and each day just full of worrying!!

I found that talking to people helped me and the last 3 or 4 days before my colonoscopy I never looked on the net. The colonoscopy is ok ir didn't hurt but I was sedated and I'd recommend it. It was over in about 20 minutes. 

Speaking of people on here was a help as well. Just chatting to people who are in the same situation or have been through it was a massive help. 

Let us know how you get on.

hi Steve, i think you're right and talking on here is helping me.. i do wonder how you are all know the scores from your test? all i had in the letter from the NHS was that blood was found in my sample but no other information... the drink you have, is that as a replacement for an enema/suppository which my partner had when he had a test about 5 years ago..he was able to do that at home. What happens now? 

Glad you have had a good result and what they found for you must have come as a massive relief...

Helen we know our numbers as it was done through the doctor and I asked him. Yes the drink is instead of an enema, most people have a different one to my husband, he can only drink small quantities at once so ended up with the Gastrografin I think the other is movieprep or something like that x

The woman who rung me from the hospital to let me know I'd be getting a call to book me in told me.  It was a bit of a shock as the receptionist at my gp had actually told me my sample was fine. Not good enough from the gp surgery tbh and I'm wondering if she'd got my results mixed up with someone else. I imagine you'd be able to get your fit test score from your gp but is it actually worth it now? I might be something else to get stressed about. 

You should get all the relevant information sent to you by post from the hospital confirming your appointment time for the colonoscopy and exactly where to park and where you need to go to. You'll have an appointment letter as well that you hand in to the person on reception at the colonoscopy area. They'll be a prescription in there for you to go and get your fluid to drink.Mine was called plenvu. You can take the prescription to your local pharmacy or you can actually get it from the hospital. All the instructions are there on exactly how to use it and what you can and can't eat beforehand. The drink is to completely clear your bowels out. I guess it acts the same way as an enema.

The only downside is nobody is allowed in with you so your actually on your own from the moment you arrive at reception. Well thats how it worked where i went.

it was a huge relief after I got told there was no cancer. I actually got a little upset which then upset my wife who was waiting for me.

Ahh Steve that was lovely. Hope you had a nice holiday and back to our lovely weather. I’m so pleased for both you and your wife, it must be a huge relief for her as I’m sure all these tests whatever there for effects the other person a great deal, but we try not to show it xx

Ahh Steve that was lovely. Hope you had a nice holiday and back to our lovely weather. I’m so pleased for both you and your wife, it must be a huge relief for her as I’m sure all these tests whatever there for effects the other person a great deal, but we try not to show it xx

Yes it was a fantastic break thanks and it was a pleasant surprise to come back to good weather back home. Back to work tomorrow though. 

My wife was so relieved as she could see how it had affected me with my anxiety being through the roof! I'd never suffered with anxiety before and I kind of used to laugh it off but I now know its real enough. Its a terrible place to be. 

I've kind of made a promise to myself to try and show my feelings a bit more now but that'll be easier said than done.