Private FIT test recommendation

[Insomania]

Hi,

I'm still very much in that 'more questions than answers' phase regarding my health with a mix of thyroid, anaemia and perimenopause issues going on.

Due to repeated low iron over many years, I'm thankful the NHS is now looking into the cause and I have a colonoscopy and gastroscopy arranged for end of August. However, I've never had a FIT test (faecal immunochemical test) to check if there is blood in the stools (no blood is visible obvs). NHS gastroenterology will not agree to the test because the endoscopies are arranged and I'm thinking of doing it privately.

Can anyone recommend a private FIT test please?

With thanks.

PS thank you for advice from members of this forum last year encouraging me to have a private iron infusion while I was waiting months to see NHS haematology. I did it and now I can see it really helped evidence my issues with low iron because in the eight months since, it has fallen significantly, and everyone is taking it seriously.

[humanbean]

You might find this link of use for getting an accurate result on your test for blood in faeces. Bear in mind that the following post was written in March 2017 and the tests used might have changed since then, but it might help to avoid a false negative or a false positive from your test.

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu....