(Fecal Immunochemical Test) for Colorectal Cancer (2)

They are even easier to use than they used to be when I started doing them annually 4 years ago. Do it!

Had some mild constipation for a while but thought nothing of it. My mom had polyps removed a few years ago and told me to get it checked out, but my insurance doesn’t cover the tests until I’m 45.I ordered one of these tests and it came back positive… Just had a colonoscopy today and had 9 polyps (all successfully removed thank God).Definitely recommend getting this test.

Accurate but do remember not to take the test after taking advil or aspirin. I think the company could make it easier to understand the results.can be confusing with a very faint second line which can be seen sometimes before the test is taken.

The test was easy to use, but I noticed the test I received has the letters "FOB" at the top. This is different from what the test looks like on the cover of the box which says "FIT" and has "Pinnacle Biolabs" on the front. The discrepancy seemed a little odd to me. I did try to google the difference between a FIT test (Fecal Immunochemical Test) and an FOB test (Fecal occult blood test) and it's possible a FIT test is a type of FOB test.

Easy to use and may save your life.

I used the second test out of a two test pack purchased about one year ago. That version had suspension paper to keep the stool sample high and dry. I was supposed to collect the "dry" sample and wait between 4 - 7 minutes for the results. Well I missed the paper and decided to grab a wet sample from slightly below the water surface. I also missed checking the test window by going 1 minute over. POSITIVE! I had a positive reading. Given that I had completely failed to follow the directions I called customer support to see if that mattered. A live person answered the phone on the first try. He confirmed that my sample was contaminated and the I could not rely on the positive result being correct. I ordered a new kit (with different directions) and got my second negative.I bring this up because at least one review stated they got a false positive as well causing then to get an unneeded colonoscopy. Please confirm you followed directions to the letter to avoid a possible scare. If you have any problems call customer support. They are great.PS. I attached both the older (01/2023) and current (01/2024) kit pictures in case you have any questions of what I used.

Test was easy to do but I had questions and the customer service phone number is out of service??? I checked the website to see if there was a different number and it was the same. Lowers my confidence in the product!

Just wanted to write a review for this product to hopefully put some of you at ease. Does the product work? Yes. Does it mean you have cancer? NO!!!! I took 2 tests and both came out positive, went to the doctor and took a stool test, that also came out positive. They put me on a rush for a colonoscopy, I got an appointment 3 weeks out. Worst 3 weeks of my life. Days spent crying and worrying and looking to Dr. Google for answers. BIG MISTAKE! I had stomach pains, Google gave me more. I had floating stools, turns out I drink too much soda and too much carbonated drinks make your poop float. I had narrowing stools, or did I? Or is that what Google just made me think? Take the test, if it’s positive, see a doctor. Colonoscopy prep is not bad at all, it’s the not being able to eat for 24 hours that’s hard. You get sedated, 25 minutes later you wake up and it’s over. If you are a male and are 45 years of age or older, get the test. I would however recommend getting it maybe at around age 30. They should change it with all the cases of colon cancer in young people rising. Anyway, if you get a positive test, do yourself a favor, don’t diagnose yourself and stay off the internet. I didn’t follow that and put myself through agony for weeks. Also, please keep in mind the percentage of positive tests that lead to cancer, I think it’s somewhere around 3%. Mine were hemorrhoids. Good luck to you, and take care.