My heart goes out to you. I have also had a positive FIT test yesterday so I'm awaiting the appointment for a scope. I only have left sided abdominal pain for past 8 weeks. Family history of bowel cancer, so feeling petrified. I'm hoping you get your appointment soon and your mind put at ease x

Sorry to hear that wanderer, I hope it comes through soon for you too!

im just so perplexed that I can otherwise feel fine and be facing a cancer diagnosis. It's so scary. Now every time I go to the toilet anxiety just comes over me... that doesn't help my tummy either tbh! It's a long wait now isn't it? I'm finding some days I feel fine and usually those are days where I see little or no blood in my stools. The days like today where I saw quite a bit is really difficult.

please let me know how you get on x 

Sorry to hear that wanderer, I hope it comes through soon for you too!

im just so perplexed that I can otherwise feel fine and be facing a cancer diagnosis. It's so scary. Now every time I go to the toilet anxiety just comes over me... that doesn't help my tummy either tbh! It's a long wait now isn't it? I'm finding some days I feel fine and usually those are days where I see little or no blood in my stools. The days like today where I saw quite a bit is really difficult.

please let me know how you get on x 

I've got one side of my brain telling me to keep

positive, look at the statistics etc. But the other side is just in full panic mode as due to the left sided abdo pain (and mild left back pain), I just know something isn't right, which is giving me very dark thoughts. Thankfully when they scope they can tell me what they see, rather than another wait for results. X

@Wanderer1970 yes I'm the same. I've woken up feeling much more positive even though I have had blood in my stools again. It's very strange how much of a rollercoaster I'm on right now. Just have to keep telling myself that I could be making something out of nothing and keep hoping that I will be ok

Positivity is the key!  I'm going to chase up my appointment today as the last time they were referring me for a scan.. I waited 4 months for an appointment and they'd not done it. I'll feel better once I've spoken to them this morning. We are all one day closer to our appointments and peace of mind.  Have a good day everyone xxx

So it hasn't taken long for my positivity to go out the window. I've found out my FIT test result was 171! Wish I hadn't bothered asking now x

I spoke to my GP this morning and she doesn't seem to think I have cancer so she has made me feel a bit better today and that's with a FIT of over 300. Ofc she can't be sure but I think there's definitely more chance of it being something else than cancer. Stay positive! I've seen lots of posts of people with high FIT tests who had other things going on, someone even had haemmorhoids that were missed and only seen on a colonoscopy x

Thank you for your support. Don't know how I'd be without this forum x

Hi all,

my GP rang this morning to say my Calprotectin is slightly raised at around 120 (can't remember the number it's a bit of a blur). She said that this points to inflammation of the bowel and IBD but a camera needs to be done to rule out anything more sinister and a biopsy for a difinitive diagnosis. I think she was trying to make me feel better but actually now I'm worried I still may have cancer and anything inflammatory seems like a best option now. I haven't stopped crying since I spoke to her. I have no idea if there is a relationship with calprotectin and cancer but she said because it's been going on for so long and symptoms have been coming and going that it's pointing towards inflammatory bowel disease. I've also read that dairy intolerance is also a pointing factor which is something I've had an issue with on and off for about 20 years.

sorry for the wall of text I'm just a bit of a state right now