Favorite emails to recieve....Not
 

I shouldn't complain....My Medicare Advantage plan offers these in lieu of a colonoscopy after age 70
And it's free.



Cologuard® - by Exact Sciences
Kit shipped to you
Hi Steve,

Your Cologuard® kit is on its way! While you’re waiting, learn more about what to do when your Cologuard kit arrives.

Track shipment
1ZF783W4030356887


You should receive your kit in 3–7 days. Once it arrives, place it in the bathroom so you’ll remember to use it right away.

Sincerely,

Your team at Exact Sciences Laboratories

now imagine your job is doing the tests; 40 hours a week of people literally sending you crap!

I'm sure mine will be coming soon too- they may just mail me a kit without notice.

^^^
I'm thinking they have a bot to do the job...maybe not :D

I used to get them with the nurse who came to my home for the yearly health consultation.

They quit that a couple years ago...I don't know why. Some of the gal nurses that came out were very attractive.
The last one that came out was a guy, about 30 years old that looked like he played lineman for an NFL team.

I realize I spelled receive wrong...couldn't change it.

I think a cologuard email has got to be way better than an email that says, "We'll be sending you the stuff that you'll be taking and drinking for your 36 hour roto-rooter session before you come down for your colonoscopy."

^^^ Yes it is...finally a perk for hitting 70. :)
Some Dr.'s say 70...some say 75

Make sure, I sure you did, that your Primary Care Doctor requested it.

Unfortunately, there are scammers out in this specific market, at least according to my PCP.

He did also say that the false positive rate is high enough to do two.

^^^ I'm thinking it was requested by Priority Health....my Medicare Advantage Plan.
The nurses that came to my home brought the kits with them for my yearly visits were from there.

If I knew it was a scam....my neighbor has a full size dog. Would be much easier.:D

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Just be sure. The big kit, I kid you not, is the one you want...the nurse I dealt with at my PCP was adamant about the scams. "Look at the order sheet."

This was last week. I can wait until the kit arrives:cool:

^^^ I guess I'm not sure what you mean by 'the big kit'?
The last 8-10 years I have been given a kit that arrived in a box the size of a wristwatch box.

All have come back negative.

I remember when they first came out...they just sent a cardboard with a swab stick. Just swab some on the cardboard and send it in. One year, I forgot about the holiday and it sat in the mailbox for two days in the middle of the summer....lol

Now they use a tube filled with liquid. The cap has the swab and is returned with the test in the tube.

I sent mine back in a old Sees candy box.

Oh, I know:cool:

What the nurse told me was my PCP will request the more comprehensive kit because the small kit is often mailed without a Dr's request.

All that said, no worries as long as you are comfortable with how you received the small test kit.

did you wrap it in foil...or just left it in the small paper cup?:D

Nuts and Chews?

Haha, wrap it in a pecan log wrapper from Stuckey's. [emoji1787]

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Enjoy the “go”.

I'll chronicle the test with pics.:D

From the random pic thread?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1734145134.jpg

^^^Reminds me of the Cactus Chile...which had corn in it. :)

Box just arrived...I see now what you mean by big box.:)
This one is 10x10x10 inches and the other years boxes were more like 3x2x1inches.

Mine was a 10X10x10 box. PCP said that kind was ok since previous real deal was “no problem found”. I’m 77…not sure when they decide is too old to worry about it anymore.

After unpacking the big box today, I found why it's bigger.

The old small box test was simply a swab in a tube that was sent back to them.

The new big box is because they want the whole turd sent back plus a swab of it in another tube.

Fun, fun, fun. :D

:eek::eek::eek:

I've done a FIT test twice now, which is similar to cologuard, but I never had to mail a whole turd in. The first time, the kit included one of those cardboard boats like you might get French fries in at a fast food place. You carp in the boat, swab the turd, and then flush the turd and trash the boat. The most recent time was different, you make sure the toilet is clean, flush the toilet, crap, swab the floater, and then flush.
I'm happy with the advance.

This one includes a bracket that fits between the toilet rim and the seat. In the middle of the bracket is a round hole in which you place an included plastic container. The turd is deposited into the container and then a jug of liquid (included) is added to the turd. It is capped and sent off.

I forgot to mention...before adding the liquid to the turd, it must be swabbed with a brush that goes in a tube. The return package needs to include the whole turd and the swabbed brush.

Instructions are a 12 page booklet. :)

I'm hoping to ace this test.


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WTF! I hope it's a BIG container!

^^^ It's about the size and shape of a 1.5 lb ground coffee container.

It says to firmly tighten the lid before shipping it back. :D
Whoops!

Finally found a good time to fill the container today. Packaged it up and dropped it off at the UPS store.
The box has arrows on it to keep it upright. I pity the carrier who disregards the arrows.:)

The label says 'next day air'....so I should know the results soon.

I should have written on the shipping label..'Do not return to sender'

Yikes! I very much prefer my swab it in the bowl option.

The instructions that came with it said 'this collection method is much more accurate than the swab method'
It had to be more costly...there are a lot of parts included. Plus, next day air isn't cheap.

A few thoughts…

Did you ever think there would be a thread about checking your #2 and shipping it?

How would you like to be the lab technician that has to open up every 10 x 10 x 10 box to check an entire turd and not a swab…

^^^
Nope, but I am glad there is an alternative to another colonoscopy.

The kit includes a pint of preservative that is poured on the turd to make it 'as good as new' when it arrives at the lab.:D
The returned box contains both the turd and the test tube containing the swabbed turd. (no idea why they need both)

The processing of the cologuard samples is entirely automated. You can find a vid on their website. Containers are shaken and a hole is punched to auto fill a small portion of the mix in a test tube.

Taking a larger sample will give more accurate results. They are looking for DNA.

I'm surprised they can't get DNA from just the swab.
And I guess I don't understand why they want the DNA?

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They are looking for abnormal cancerous or precancerous cells. They are also still looking for blood like the old tests. Both are easier to find if you have a larger sample.

^^^ Thanks
They just now sent me a tracking email. It arrived in Madison, Wisconsin and is due to be delivered to the lab this afternoon.
It was 9 degrees here overnight and Madison would be about the same.

I wonder who has the job of thawing that puppy out. :)

Late to the discussion (ahem, Xmas family computing mayhem)

This whole thing sounds miserable and I'm still concerned that, in an abundance of (their) caution, you're going to enjoy enough positives or inconclusives requiring the real deal that you might as well go all of the way from the start.

Related "thank god not my job" content - early in my professional life I needed to do semiannual bioassays for Pu and Am. At least then that meant each affected employee toted, over the year, four 1-L bottles of urine to be boiled down and counted. I think now they use more precise ICP-MS or other tools, but the older health physics dudes told horrifying stories of the bioassay lab's HVAC going down (there were probably 400 of us in the program)

When the kit was delivered, the directions said there was an expiration date on the box.
It was June of 2026, so I was in no hurry because I had 'out of state' family staying here over the holidays.

Even so, I received emails and phone calls almost every day prompting me to fill the thing. (which doesn't help matters)

When I finally did, It was easy and a relief.

They say it might take up to two weeks for the test report. I won't be surprised if it comes up with 'further exams are recommended'