COLONOX At-Home Colon Screening Test Kit, Fecal Occult Blood Test, 2 Tests | Easy To Use, Detects Hidden Blood in Stool, Rapid Results in 10 Minutes, Highly Sensitive, Private Testing At Home

This is a very easy to use/interpret test for tiny amounts of blood in the stool at home...in just a few minutes.

Easy to use, quick and easy to trade results.

I’ll be blunt: I’m a hypochondriac. My latest fixation is colon cancer due to the increasing rates of diagnosis in younger adults. I’m not old enough for regular colonoscopies, nor do I have any health markers that qualify me for colonoscopies at my age. Plus I’m not going to go through the bowel prep unless my doctor tells me that it’s time for a colonoscopy.This kit does my brain a world of good through the reassurance of a simple fecal test. My husband and I plan to do one each year until we start regular colonoscopies. We still see our GI doctors annually, take psyllium capsules daily to per our doctor’s recommendation, we drink lots of water, and we work fiber into our diets regularly to reduce our risk of colon cancer. Even if this kit provides a false sense of security, we’re being proactive enough in our daily wellbeing that we’ll recognize them if any red flags arise in the future.It’s just nice to have some sort of tangible “security blanket” to help me combat my anxious thoughts whenever my hypochondria hits. You really can’t put a price on peace of mind.

I needed to do a test, and I went with this one because the price was good and it seemed to be fairly easy to do. Unfortunately, I only bought one and I really wish I had gone for the two pack. After it arrived, I read the instructions and realized that I had to wait a few days to take it because I had recently used an NSAID. On the morning that I was going do the test, I affixed the tissue to the toilet bowl to make sure I was prepared when the time came. Well, I guess the stress of taking the test gave me a bit of constipation, and I never did do a movement that day. It's a good thing we have more than one bathroom, since now I had the sling on there all day, and you have to be careful that it doesn't get wet, which a drop of water did get on the sample tissue. I believe it also says to not do the test if you are constipated, which I became so at the thought of having to do the test. I was able to produce a sample the next day, and I freaked out when I got a positive. But after an hour or so, I remembered the part about not doing the test if you were constipated, which I assume is because it would lead to a misleading positive. Now I'm having another kit sent so I can try again. I strongly recommend getting the two pack, and saving the little bit of cash if you need to do the test twice. Think of the first one as a practice run.

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Unusable! Empty tubeProduct defective due to missing the buffer mix solution in the tube used for testing . :(

Read directions carefully. Slowly etc.It is a worthwhile tool to use.

One test positive, one negative. Seems like these tests are very sensitive & the stars need to be in alignment to get a proper read. The paper used to collect the sample isn't very sturdy and rips easily so take that for what it's worth.