In Canada, when you turn 50 they automatically send you an info card and invitation to receive a home kit. I got one and then a year later I decided to use it.

In Canada, when you turn 50 they automatically send you an info card and invitation to receive a home kit. I got one and then a year later I decided to use it. I'm glad I did because I had a stage 3 polyp. They removed it. Now a long Covid lockdown later they checked everything again, and I'm in the clear. Basically I dodged a bullet and would have been better off if I'd tested immediately instead of putting it off, because colon cancer is just that common, and not really noticeable until it becomes more advanced. I would have been in big trouble if I'd waited any longer and then ran into the lockdowns. I've heard some places have lowered that initial age to 45. The home test is not invasive, so use it! And as the article points out, if you have any of those symptoms, get it checked. A colonoscopy is invasive, but not nearly as much as cancer is.