Anyone have a positive Cologuard test?

@lillylight123, I know that getting a positive result from your Cologuard test is hard. You're probably worried. Further investigations will need to be done to verify the findings. It is possible that the Cologuard result is a false-positive, meaning there is no pre-cancer or cancer present. It may only signify that you have a benign polyp or pre-cancerous polyp.

Colon cancer can be stopped in its tracks. It's good that you took the first step for detection. I also hope that you get a call back soon. Please keep me posted.

I hope that the colonoscopy proved you to be well. I just got the results from my cologuard test- positive. Waiting on a callback from a GI.
I’m very concerned. I don’t have any symptoms nor a family history. I really wish I had not reread the info about what a positive means. I hope I don’t have to wait very long to see a GI.

Hi @beverly1953, Cologuard's instructions say:
"If a little urine gets into your collection container it should be okay, but too much could make the sample unusable. Re-collect your sample if you think too much urine has gotten in. Some tips: Empty your bladder before collecting your sample." Read more https://www.cologuard.com/using-and-returning-your-cologuard-kit

Do you have to repeat the Cologuard test?

What size was it? Where are you having it out? Could your regular gastro not take it out? What procedure will they do to remove it

Scheduled for September. Hope they get it out otherwise my appendix needs to come out.

Did they get your flat Poly out?

Can toooo much urine in the test sample cause a positive result? Positive Results showed as comment of abnormal.

Did you have any symptoms of colon cancer?

My doctor always checks when the last colonoscopy was. Mine was a few months after 5 years and I had no polyps last time.
My flat polyp is near the appendix and all the info I could find says very few are found during a colonoscopy most are noted at an autopsy. So that being said maybe my polyp would not have been found without doing the colorguard first. Perhaps the doctor doing my colonoscopy was looking more closely since the positive colorguard.
Wont ever know just glad that it was found.

I had a cologuard test in 2018 and that came back "negative". I had another cologuard test in 2022 and that came back "positive". I personally was not in a hurry to get a colonoscopy and endoscopy and because of my weight (220) I had to get it done in the hospital so the first available date was March 14th. I feared and endoscopy more than a colonoscopy because of a friend telling me she was awake when she had one. Needless to say that was this week and my colonoscopy was clean as a whistle. The doctor gave me pictures as well, it was indeed very interesting. However, I had very minut bleeding in my stomach which resulted in the "positive" cologuard result. I got pictures of that too. I did take a lot of Aleve (like PM nightly - 2 years) and sometimes daily as well for my osteoarthritis and I asked my regular doctor to put me back on Celebrex in October which she did. My Gastroenterologist said that Celebrex was better for my condition than Aleve. I was on 1/4 to 1/2 a pill of hydrocodone daily 325-10 mg for my joint pain and osteoarthritis for 14 years and never had a problem. My doctor said the insurance probably wouldn't approve hydrocodone anymore because of all the drug overdoses so that's when I switched to Aleve daytime and PM and Tylenol on top of that. It's a shame that people that really need certain medications can't get them because of the misuse of drugs in this country :-(. So the moral of my story is that other things can cause a "Positive" reading for Cologuard and not cancer or polyps, etc. I know the prep is unpleasant but once it's done it's done. I'm 70 yr. old female. Hopefully that was my last colonscopy in my lifetime. Good luck to you.