Mum has an urgent referral in there any hope?

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Just really scared and looking for reassurance, mum has mild anemia and had a FIT of >200 and has been urgently refereed for a colonoscopy, can any give me any positive outcomes to this? She does have diverticular disease and is on blood thinners, lost weight a couple of years back due to depression but has since put this back on and is at her heaviest in around two years, no abnormal bowel movements apart from those associated with her current condition, and no new severe pains.

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  • Hi  Only 1 in 10 colonoscopies results in a bowel cancer diagnosis - the fit test result may well be due to her diverticulitis- but the main thing is to get checked out. They aim to respond to all colonoscopy requests within 2 weeks so please don’t read anything into that.

    If it does turn out to be bowel cancer - and it is an if at this stage - there is a lot of successful treatment available but please try not to let your mind run away with you until all the facts are in place

    Take care and please let us know how she gets on?

    Karen x

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