Hello Lori,

While you should have a colonoscopy sooner rather than later, the test is not very accurate in that there is only a 7% chance a positive test represents an underlying cancer, and a 27% chance it represents a “pre-cancer”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7485003

So 93% of people with a positive test DO NOT have colon cancer and 63% do not even have a pre-cancer polyp so there is a lot of worry generated in people who have nothing to worry about.

Do take it seriously and have a colonoscopy, but the chances are that will show that you are fine.