I believe the age at which you receive the test kit automatically is dropping to 50 over the next couple of years.
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Scotland is already there. I got mine a few days after my 50th. Came in the post with over 50s retirement plan info and a funeral plan brochure. 
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I got my second set in the post a couple of months ago. It’s like some kind of cruel countdown to death. Happy birthday, here’s a poo stick. Let’s see if you’ll live to see another 
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I guess there’s so few over 50s in Scotland that they can afford to test those who’ve not passed on from drug and alcohol abuse at a younger age 
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It’s my birthday in about 8 weeks, maybe I’ll get a present off the GP 
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On a more serious note, I did mine fairly recently. The NW was aiming to have covered everyone before they hit 60, I was either just before or after my 58th birthday.
A friend who’s a year older got called for an endoscope after his 
Afterwards he heard the medic say something like "… another neagtive, guess we need to dial back the sensitivity … "
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I’ve been doing the shit on a stick test for a few years. Last test threw up a positive for blood so ended up having a colonoscopy in Feb 22 and 4 small polyps removed but nothing worse than that. Having had one colonoscopy I won’t get any more shit tests but have to have 3 yearly colonoscopies - deep joy!
But better safe than sorry
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I started one of these with the guy looking for a “ 6 cm mass” I’m a veggie so he said I had “more seeds than a budgies cage” but could see ok!
There was nothing there … phew.
Did the stick thing too, after recent events with two work colleagues dying very quickly ( Adam the younger one with the Tesla passed last Tuesday afternoon RIP) I’m taking my health very seriously, as most of us do already.
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At my old place we used to get a full medical for senior managers every 3 years. That included testing for everything (including the poo test) and an exercise ECG. My last one was in 2019 and they never got round to restarting them after Covid.
I think they were used to testing unfit executives for the exercise ECG. The ramp test on the bike started at 70W, going up by 30W every 2 minutes. I think we both got bored and the test was stopped a lot earlier than would have been the case for a proper VO2 max test 
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And you were obviously wearing your Ironman branded t-shirt and calf guards, while doing it?
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I would take this as a challenge to get to 20mins
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70+ 9*30 = 340W, tipping to 370W for the 21st and 22nd minutes? I reckon you’d nail this for sure & then start over, and then go for a 50 mile run.
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I had one of those pointless birthdays yesterday that stubbornly refuse to bump me up to another AG .
I must be difficult to buy for as I received not one, but two fucking shoe horns…& this card from my brother .
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Happy birthday !!
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Yes, many happy returns - I did lol at a shoe horn - maybe pack one in your T2 bag?
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Happy Birthday
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Happy birthday (for yesterday) doon 
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On the plus side your parkrun age grading should go up 
My next notch is fast approaching, about 8 weeks 
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HBD!
I’ll be nicking that pic for onward submissions
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You could have the card, my wife refused to put it up 
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