Welcome to the forum Loulabella although I'm sorry that your partner's scan has been pushed back to July.

Many of our members have also been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic so will understand what your partner is going through at the moment. Hopefully some of them will pop by soon to offer their support and advice but if you'd like to discuss this with one of our cancer nurses then do give them a call next week. They're available on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m.

Kind regards,

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi there

we are in a similat position. My partner found out his cancer had metastasised earlier in the year but he still hasn't started treatment (immunotherapy followed by chemo) due to corona. However we received a call today to say that hopefully he will start within the next three weeks. The delay has been agonising as we have two very young children and we thought his cancer had been 'cured' last year. It has also been hard not having face e-to-face consultations. Not sure why they don't do video calls.

Obviously, as the patient it feels like every day of delay makes a massive difference to prognosis but for most cancers this isn't the case. A short delay shouldn't be too much of a problem. And anyway, there simply isn't a good solution. I know it's upsetting, but sometimes we have to realise what we can and can't control. The pandemic exists and it's having massive knock-on effects to services. I am trying to stay in the moment and not to focus on the 'what ifs' that float around my mind. 
sending hugs