Hi Gail I'm sorry to hear of your husbands condition, I hope things start looking up for him soon. I agree completely, the test should be done earlier, a good mate of mine died about 5 years ago from bowel cancer that hadn't been found anywhere near early enough, and obviously before FOBT test was made available, yet even so, I didn't give it any real thought until the test turned up in the post. He was about 5 years older than me at the time. My kids and siblings have all been told to get tested, in the case of the kids from 35 on, as I was diagnosed positive, and immediately in the case of my 3 sisters. That's a few years off for the kids yet, but I'm glad to say my sisters all tested negative. I realize this is just one among a range of cancers in our society, but it's probably the one that we're being given the best chance of early detection. If we all get out there and make people aware of the importance of actually doing the test, a lot more will survive. ... View more