Bowel cancer test

[rich p]

I was sent the testing pack 2 years ago and never got round to it. A mixture of laziness and male immortality.
Anyway, they sent me another recently and I know personally three people who have had bowel cancer in the last year so I decided to do the sensible thing.
Blimey, what a palaver. I'm on day 2 of 3, of the faintly gruesome procedure.
It had better be all clear after all this effort...

 

[PeteXXX]

It's quite simple to do, but if you're squeamish about such things I can see why it might put some folk off.
I've recently done my second lot of tests and had a thumbs up both times.

 

[User6179]

I've recently done my second lot of tests and had a thumbs up both times.

You need to work on your technique

 

[Brandane]

It's been on the go in Scotland for a long time, every second year from age 50, so I've done it 3 times now. Not much of a palaver if it can help to save your life!
Edit.... Don't eat black pudding for a few days before you do your samples or you'll be taken in for the much more of a palaver camera up the jacksy! It happened to a guy who told someone in a pub once, allegedly.

 

[Bimble]

Does it involve collecting one's waste for analysis? Urgh. A family member recently had a section of bowel removed and has since been given the all-clear and is back to full health.

Some of us chaps aren't very good at looking after ourselves though (avoid the doctors at all costs), so it's good to get a 'ping' now and then to check ourselves over.

Good luck, hope it comes back negative.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Don't eat black pudding for a few days before you do your samples or you'll be taken in for the much more of a palaver camera up the jacksy! It happened to a guy who told someone in a pub once, allegedly.

Nope!, it's an accepted cause of false positives around Bury, & such areas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2590589.stm

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Third time for me.
I do all medical tests that I'm invited to (apart from one that is just too painful), if the NHS goes through all the trouble we better participate.

 

[Brandane]

Nope!, it's an accepted cause of false positives around Bury, & such areas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2590589.stm

Ahh; always wondered if there was some truth in the rumour. Now I know, I will be avoiding black pudding in the days before providing my samples.

 

[Blue]

My son works in a hospital lab where they check such things. A few weeks ago he told me about a guy that brought 3 days worth of cr@p into the lab in a carrier bag so that they would have a big enough sample to work with!

 

[Tin Pot]

My son works in a hospital lab where they check such things. A few weeks ago he told me about a guy that brought 3 days worth of cr@p into the lab in a carrier bag so that they would have a big enough sample to work with!

 

[fossyant]

Or drink red wine the night before, or indeed curry.

Can't be as bad as cleaning up baby poo.

Has to be better than the old prostrate exam.

 

[PeteXXX]

You need to work on your technique

Ahhhhh! So that's what the spatula was for!

 

[fossyant]

 

[postman]

I've recently done my second lot of tests and had a thumbs up both times

Too late i wanted to say.I used the little wooden paddle.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Some of Mr R's colleagues were responsible for the study referred to by the BBC. It was done as a humorous study for the BMJ.

Given the amount eaten by inhabitants, though, it's surely enough to be a factor

Other accounts given anecdotal evidence of it