In recent years there has been an increased awareness of colo-rectal cancer here in France (a very good thing) so to encourage the general population to get tested they send out a 'stool sample test' in the mail. Not sure if this exisits over in the States but it is generalised and done every year. Apparently it is considered a 'preventive diagnostic tool' that gets followed up by a colonoscopy if there is a problem.
(by the way they do this for breast cancer too...I get a pink request slip to go have my breasts squished every other year...if you don't do it they send you a less 'cute' request until they become downright nasty...they do not take breast cancer lightly here...we have one of the highest rates in the world.)
So, my question is...do we need to do this stool test once we have had our colons removed? Is there a point to it? Would it show anything? Would it perturb the testers and send up red flags?
Just wondering.
Sharon
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