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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Terbs on 08 February 2013, 01:17:33
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Delicate question.....
Do any of you in the age group mentioned, get little packages through the post from the NHS, asking you for 'poo' samples......in relatoin to bowel cancer ;)
Just want to know.....what happens if you get an unclear result. A pm would be fine if to delicate to post here.
Fully appreciate this is a 'personal' thing, and appologise to other forum members under 50, who were bloody nosey and had to have a peep ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I got an envelope with some dog poo in it. But that was from my neighbours, not the NHS.
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I did a while ago. However . . I ignored it. Maybe I shouldn't have, but think about it. Just how do you do a poo into a tiny little jar thing ? Thing could get errrrrrr a bit errrr messy. ::)
I hope you're all enjoying your breakfast reading this ! ;D
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I did a while ago. However . . I ignored it. Maybe I shouldn't have, but think about it. Just how do you do a poo into a tiny little jar thing ? Thing could get errrrrrr a bit errrr messy. ::)
I hope you're all enjoying your breakfast reading this ! ;D
You are a silly sausage, Rog. You poo into an icing bag and pipe it into the jar. I made swirls with mine, but you can choose your own shape. :y
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I did a while ago. However . . I ignored it. Maybe I shouldn't have, but think about it. Just how do you do a poo into a tiny little jar thing ? Thing could get errrrrrr a bit errrr messy. ::)
I hope you're all enjoying your breakfast reading this ! ;D
You are a silly sausage, Rog. You poo into an icing bag and pipe it into the jar. I made swirls with mine, but you can choose your own shape. :y
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D STMO dont , I'll pee in my pants ;D :y
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No I haven't.
If you get an unclear result presumably that says you might or might not have. maybe wise to have a follow up test when next due.
For anyone else feeling a bit squeamish, get over it. At least you can provide the sample in the "comforts" of your own home and potentially head off a bad situation later in life. If the Health Service thinks to ask you for samples for screening jump at the offer :y
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I did a while ago. However . . I ignored it. Maybe I shouldn't have, but think about it. Just how do you do a poo into a tiny little jar thing ? Thing could get errrrrrr a bit errrr messy. ::)
I hope you're all enjoying your breakfast reading this ! ;D
I get the wife to hold it. I just say "If you love me you'll do it" ;D ;D
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Back to serious....
Last time I had a 'clear', this time I had an unclear, then they sent another and that was clear, and they sent yet another which is on its way back to them for testing.
If that comes back unclear.....whats next :(
I will say, that they do say in the letter, that signs of blood can be any number of things and not neccesarily cancer :y
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I did a while ago. However . . I ignored it. Maybe I shouldn't have, but think about it. Just how do you do a poo into a tiny little jar thing ? Thing could get errrrrrr a bit errrr messy. ::)
I hope you're all enjoying your breakfast reading this ! ;D
You are a silly sausage, Rog. You poo into an icing bag and pipe it into the jar. I made swirls with mine, but you can choose your own shape. :y
You forgot the bit about doing it while your wife is out so you can get the piping set through the dishwasher and back into the kitchen drawer before she gets home. :-X
I would imagine one unclear result is not anything to worry about. As said, I'm sure there can be many reasons for this and more conclusive tests would follow if there is any reason to suspect a problem. Whatever the cause, it's best to find out early. :y
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My Mum died in my arms at home of Bowel Cancer in 2004 at the age of 74, and even with the excellent care of Macmillan Nurses and enough Morphine to kill the whole neighbourhood, she still had a painful, horrible death I would not wish on anyone. Bowel Cancer is on the increase in the Western World and the UK has the highest incidence of it in Europe! (probably all the horseburgers we've been eating! ;)).
I've insisted SWMBO use the kit on two occasions now and it is a simple, hygenic (plastic bag or disposable latex glove over the hand!) procedure using stiff cardboard 'sticks' to touch the stool as you pass it (both ends of the Richard, using different sticks!,so you curry monsters may need to be a bit nimble fingered ;D)
Incidentally, i'm 60 this April and have never had a kit sent to me even though the disease has occured in my family previously! ???
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I did a while ago. However . . I ignored it. Maybe I shouldn't have, but think about it. Just how do you do a poo into a tiny little jar thing ? Thing could get errrrrrr a bit errrr messy. ::)
I hope you're all enjoying your breakfast reading this ! ;D
You are a silly sausage, Rog. You poo into an icing bag and pipe it into the jar. I made swirls with mine, but you can choose your own shape. :y
Well, kind of on-topic . . . . ish
Last weekend a local butcher had pheasants at £4 each. I'd never cooked pheasant so I got one. I know about looking out for shot pellets. Cooked it, not great, but at least I've done it now.
Yesterday . . . . whats that in the bog ? actually what are those in the bog ? ??? Yep shot pellets that are too heavy to get flushed. So the big question. Are they mine or SWMBOs ? ;D ;D
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This seems as good a thread as any to get this in:
"I've accidentally swallowed eight scrabble tiles. My next shit could spell disaster." ::)
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back in 1999 i got very ill ended in hospital,long story short i suffer from ulcirated colitus if left untreated it can kill,ihave tests every 2 to 4 years as my risk of colon cancer has gone up by about 200 % i also have blood tests if i start to feel unwell, if you get offered a test take it but be open minded its not an exzact sceince and if they think you need a follow up go for it a false alarm is better than catching it to late, ps for all you guys 50 or over go to your docs and get a blood test for prostrate cancer takes 5 min could last a lifetime if you get my drift.
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No,I've never had a kit sent to me,if I recieved one I'd certainly take the test.That said the last time I had need of visiting a doctor was back in 1984!!
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This seems as good a thread as any to get this in:
"I've accidentally swallowed eight scrabble tiles. My next shit could spell disaster." ::)
You tit that's awsome gonna have to steal that one ;D ;D ;D :y
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This seems as good a thread as any to get this in:
"I've accidentally swallowed eight scrabble tiles. My next shit could spell disaster." ::)
ROFL! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nothing ever received here!..............
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Back to your 'what happens next' question Tony, you may be asked to attend the hospital for further investigations which may possibly involve a colonoscopy,but before that blood tests etc,and don't forget things like the old farmer Giles (If you have a history of them) could affect the result from the screening pack.So probably nothing to worry about,just be guided by the medics. :y :y Pity you and Chris are not coming up to the Red Baron's meet this weekend,I guess your meet will be the next :y
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Not just for Male over 50's.... At the age of 40 I was diagnosed with colo-rectal cancer. :o
I had been passing a drop of blood every so often and thought I had a touch of piles.... After trying things like Preparation H and the like I went to the Dr, who said that I had stubborn hemorrhoids. Apparently sometimes hemorrhroids don't go away and need surgery, 'Just my luck' I thought, but was hugely relieved that it wasn't the Big C!! ::) Incidently, I felt perfectly well and wasn't losing weight, so I just got on with life and put it all to the back of my mind. ::) However, 6 month later I was becoming constipated and was starting to get quite a lot of pain, so I went back and this time saw a different Dr who confirmed my worst fears that my 'stubborn piles' were in fact a tumour... :'(
This was 3 years ago last week and thanks to the cracking treatment and service from the NHS, I'm still here to tell the tale. :) I had 6 months of chemotherapy, 5 weeks of daily radiotherapy and two operations. The first they removed my rectum and most of my colon and fitted me with a temporary colostomy bag and the second op 6 months later was to remove my colostomy bag and set my system 'in motion' again! As they had removed about a metre of plumbing, things work very differently now and took some time to get used to...... :(
My Mum (70) got 'The Kit' a few months ago. She got an unclear result and had to go in for a colonoscopy, they removed 4 polyps from her colon. Polyps are basically pre-cancerous growths and had they been left to their own devices would have developed into tumours and bowel cancer..... :( If it hadn't been for the NHS sending out 'The Kit', she might not have known until it was too late... :'(
So the reason I'm telling this story is because I wouldn't wish my experience on anyone! ::) If you get the kit PLEASE PLEASE USE IT!! and if you experience ANY changes in your bowel movements or habits (unless curry related! ;D), go and see the Dr!!! I know many of us chaps have an aversion to the man with the rubber glove, but a bit of discomfort and embarrassment is nothing to the possible consequences! :o
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Well that killed that thread stone dead!! ;D ;D ;D
Apologies to anyone that found my above post a bit of a 'heavy load' and I hope that I didn't scare you all shitless and all the kits have gone in the bin!! :-\
If anyone is concerned about a symptom or test result it's likely to be something quick and easy to sort out like piles or polyps. ;) If it does turn out to be something more sinister then the sooner it's seen to then the easier it is to treat! :) So don't procrastinate!! ::)
The Big C is no longer the death sentence that it was and I think that there are a few members here who have had a brush with it and are still here to swear at their Omega!! ;) ;D
Take it steady folks! :)
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I did a while ago. However . . I ignored it. Maybe I shouldn't have, but think about it. Just how do you do a poo into a tiny little jar thing ? Thing could get errrrrrr a bit errrr messy. ::)
I hope you're all enjoying your breakfast reading this ! ;D
You are a silly sausage, Rog. You poo into an icing bag and pipe it into the jar. I made swirls with mine, but you can choose your own shape. :y
;D ;D ;D ;D :y