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A delicate question for those of you of a certain age!
My mum has just had a positive stool test for colon/bowel cancer and will be having a virtual colonscopy at the end of the week, but she tells me that this was the first ever test she has had. Given that she is in her mid eighties and her brother died from bowel cancer in his early fifties, this surprised me. Is routine colorectal testing normal under the NHS or has she slipped though the net, somehow?
We're crossing our fingers that the result is a false positive or the presence of blood has another cause.
(My Dad died from prostate cancer that was misdiagnosed several times over a nine month period before he was finally tested, by which time it was far too late, so I'm a little sensitive!!)
My mum has just had a positive stool test for colon/bowel cancer and will be having a virtual colonscopy at the end of the week, but she tells me that this was the first ever test she has had. Given that she is in her mid eighties and her brother died from bowel cancer in his early fifties, this surprised me. Is routine colorectal testing normal under the NHS or has she slipped though the net, somehow?
We're crossing our fingers that the result is a false positive or the presence of blood has another cause.
(My Dad died from prostate cancer that was misdiagnosed several times over a nine month period before he was finally tested, by which time it was far too late, so I'm a little sensitive!!)
Has Anyone Seen the Plot?
Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France
Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France
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