Hi Earlier this year I received the FOBT test from the government bowel screening program, which I used and returned within the same week I got it. It came back positive and a subsequent colonoscopy found a polyp which contained cancer within .5 of a mm of the wall of the colon. I underwent a successful bowel resection on the 30th of August, and am now recovering and learning to handle my ileostomy, and have every confidence it should be reversed later this year. My concern is that having spoken to a lot of people who also received the test, about 70% commented that 'I just haven't gotten around to doing it yet' and of those, most hadn't done more than open the envelope and then put it aside! One in particular not only had NOT done the test, but lost his brother to bowel cancer earlier this year..... I don't want to sound like a preacher, believe me I'm not at all religious, but without this test my life WOULD have gone in a totally different direction, and not one I like to think about too much. Please, speak to your family, friends, strangers even, the best opportunity of a healthy long life is being handed out free of charge. We need to get it into peoples heads that it is simple, non-intrusive and free. ... View more