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• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with polyps >> Interview 18 >> Having a colonoscopy was easier than having a tooth out.

Invited for screening in 2006, when aged 69. The Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal. This led to a colonoscopy, a biopsy, and then another colonoscopy and the removal of benign polyps.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Interview 47 >> Andrea Giles, specialist screening practitioner, explains 'sedation'.

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• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Colonoscopy, all normal >> Interview 38 >> She was given antibiotics just before the colonoscopy because she had a leaking mitral valve in her heart.

Invited to be screened for bowel cancer 3 times, between 2002 and 2006. The last Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test result was abnormal so she had a colonoscopy, but nothing abnormal was found in the bowel.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with polyps >> Interview 42 >> Part of her bowel was removed because the polyps in her bowel were considered potentially malignant.

In 2006 her Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so she had a colonoscopy. Three small polyps were removed. She had a right hemi-colectomy to remove a larger polyp, which was not malignant.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with cancer >> Interview 15 >> He had a right hemi-colectomy to remove part of the bowel. When he woke up he felt no pain because he had had an epidural as well as a general anaesth

In 2001, aged 64, he was screened for bowel cancer. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal. After a colonoscopy he was diagnosed with cancer and had surgery.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with cancer >> Interview 46 >> Describes the operation, the pain relief, and post-operative care. She got 'fantastic' care from the nurses and doctors.

Invited to be screened for bowel cancer in 2006. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so she had a colonoscopy, when five polyps were removed. One polyp was cancerous, so she had a left hemi-colectomy.