Hello. I am a 75 year old female who has been suffering extreme constipation for a couple of months. My doctor examined me and said my bowels were 'hard as rock' and gave me suppositories for 5 days followed by an enema. He blamed this on codeine tablets which I have been taking for back pain. When I visited the doctor again he said the bowel had cleared, but asked to do a FIT test to make sure. This was done on Monday and on Wednesday yesterday)  he rang me to the say the test had been positive for blood and that I would need a colonoscopy 'fairly soon'. This was a shock as I have never seen any blood in my poo or anywhere else and I am now scared about bowel cancer. Even though the doctor said I was no longer constipated I still don't seem to be going to the toilet normally. I can't seem to settle my mind and everything keeps going round and round in my head and can't sleep. I know no-one can help me until I have the procedure, but I am really scared.