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Jaded

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #150 on: 01 May, 2021, 12:07:49 am »
I've got my black lizard riding letter!  :thumbsup:
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Regulator

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #151 on: 01 May, 2021, 07:39:46 am »
I have just had a letter.


"The NHS is no longer offering bowel scope screening services across England and is extending the home testing programme from April 2021. We would therefore like to invite you to receive the home testing kit, called a FIT kit. 


Like a bowel scope a FIT kit can detect bowel cancer at an early stage in people with no symptoms. It's a simple way to find out if you need further tests.  Around 2 in every 100 people who return  a kit may need further investigations such as a colonoscopy.


You will receive your home testing kit in the post after April 2021 and we will contact you again before sending it to you. We will also provide you with information to help you decide whether to take part in FIT screening."


Best available option under pandemic conditions or cost cutting ?


Edit:


https://twitter.com/CSPRG_Imperial/status/1350182599092793344?s=20


https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2021/01/14/bowel-scope-screening-to-stop-in-england/


I’m not sure that it’s cost-cutting.   The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has recommended reducing the number of asymptomatic bowel scopes being done.  They believe the clinical risks of asymptomatic scoping may outweigh the benefits.   Their view is that scoping should only happen if there are clinical indications - such as a ‘positive’ poo stick. 
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Jaded

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #152 on: 01 May, 2021, 07:51:08 am »
So what happens to all the endocsopists and endoscopy suites?
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Regulator

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #153 on: 01 May, 2021, 08:38:12 am »
So what happens to all the endocsopists and endoscopy suites?

They won’t go to waste.  We still need them and the NHS was low on capacity anyway (it used a lot of private scope capacity). 

If anyone is interested, this is the guidance from the AMRC:  https://www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/EBI_list2_guidance_150321.pdf. (See pages 38-43).
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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #154 on: 01 May, 2021, 08:49:45 am »
You misundstand  the intent behind Jaded's enquiry. This was not an expression of concern for the loss of an NHS service.

He was hoping some  redundant equipment might become available for his own use.  ;)

Jaded

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #155 on: 01 May, 2021, 11:26:58 am »
Indeed.

There are people in the locality that would benefit from a probing.
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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #156 on: 01 May, 2021, 12:16:21 pm »
Recently returned my second test.  I have to say that the latest system is not as easy to use as the previous one.  Juggling a small plastic container with a tight fitting lid while holding a handfull of.....

Chris S

Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #157 on: 01 May, 2021, 01:56:51 pm »
Recently returned my second test.  I have to say that the latest system is not as easy to use as the previous one.  Juggling a small plastic container with a tight fitting lid while holding a handfull of.....

May I humbly suggest that if you're holding a handful of... product... your process could do with some improvements?

hellymedic

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #158 on: 01 May, 2021, 03:35:48 pm »
You only need to coat a stick with a thin layer of poo.

If I can do this, so can most!

Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #159 on: 13 May, 2021, 07:10:20 pm »
Suggestions for an improved technique welcomed.   ;)

Feanor

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #160 on: 13 May, 2021, 07:55:54 pm »
My poo-sticks a month or so back has lead to a colonoscopy, a CT scan a week or so back, a PET scan today and an consultation with the sawbones in a week or so.
A small localised early stage thing, apparently.

That'll bugger up my place in the Evening League!

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #161 on: 13 May, 2021, 08:16:25 pm »
Oh that is suboptimal, hope that all gets rectified satisfactorily.
Do not clench. It only makes it worse.

Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #162 on: 13 May, 2021, 08:25:19 pm »
But actually proves why bowel cancer screening is worthwhile

Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #163 on: 13 May, 2021, 08:30:03 pm »
I hope it goes from small and localised to absent sooner rather than later.

hellymedic

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #164 on: 13 May, 2021, 09:23:00 pm »
I echo what chrisbainbridge posted.
Hope you're sorted ASAP.

Wishing you a smooth treatment!

Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #165 on: 13 May, 2021, 09:28:36 pm »
Fingers crossed for a positive outcome Feanor.


I posted my poo earlier today.
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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #166 on: 13 May, 2021, 09:37:20 pm »
Good to catch this and elminate soonest. Hope all goes well.
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Wowbagger

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #167 on: 15 May, 2021, 12:00:20 am »
Wishing you all the best, feanor.
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T42

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #168 on: 15 May, 2021, 10:15:28 am »
My poo-sticks a month or so back has lead to a colonoscopy, a CT scan a week or so back, a PET scan today and an consultation with the sawbones in a week or so.
A small localised early stage thing, apparently.

That'll bugger up my place in the Evening League!

Shit.  I hope it's swiftly dealt with.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #169 on: 15 May, 2021, 12:12:02 pm »
Best wishes Feanor.
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Jaded

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #170 on: 15 May, 2021, 01:12:22 pm »
Getting rectified* next week. Have the added fun of a swab up the nose first, then I have to self isolate until I arrive at Endoscopy. That's tricky...

*apols for using a Mrs P word with a different use to its context above, but I felt it appropriate...
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T42

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #171 on: 15 May, 2021, 02:12:10 pm »
Bon courage, Jaded. It's a bummer.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #172 on: 21 May, 2021, 02:11:44 pm »
A small package has arrived...   I'll wait until after the weekend to return it....


All clear, which is a nice way to start the weekend. 
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Ruthie

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #173 on: 21 May, 2021, 02:15:31 pm »
Something called a FIT test coming in the post imminently.

Hoping to find a non-cancerous reason for a collapse two weeks ago, followed by a night in hospital and some dodgy blood results.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Poo sticks
« Reply #174 on: 21 May, 2021, 02:54:51 pm »
Wishing Ruthie and everyone a lack of cancer.
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