> Definitely check your stool often and for things like mucus and blood. Here in Italy we are checked every two years at +50yo: huge lines of people dropping o

> Definitely check your stool often and for things like mucus and blood. Here in Italy we are checked every two years at +50yo: huge lines of people dropping off their small amounts of (safely stored in an appropriate container) poo. A few weeks later...good news, or bad, in the post. Both my wife and I were a bit embarrassed at first, being relative youngsters, but the over 70s - a great day out for them.