Hi Kim., 

i was still laying on table, nurse who took samples, said you can get up now, oh and you've got cancer, (how nice).

Billy 

At the risk of repetition - PLEASE lodge a formal complaint. She may have been right but she wasn't qualified nor had the evidence to give a diagnosis.

I've lost count of the number of people who were wrongly told they had cancer by nurses etc.  based on hunches causing unnecessary anxiety. 

At the risk of repetition - PLEASE lodge a formal complaint. She may have been right but she wasn't qualified nor had the evidence to give a diagnosis.

I've lost count of the number of people who were wrongly told they had cancer by nurses etc.  based on hunches causing unnecessary anxiety. 

Hi davek., after i got dressed i waited in a small cubicle a lady came in in white smock i guess specialist, she introduced her self we talk a wile (i guess she was working round to the main subject) she said I'm very sorry but it's Cancer, i said that's OK i already know the nurse told me she said would you excuse me for a minute, she went to the nurse and she played,, HELL,, and she wasn't very nice about it either then she came back to me and apologised i wasn't really that bothered it just confirmed what i already thought,.

Billy 

Hi,

I asked the Gynaecologist (who was inviting me to talk about my holiday) what he was seeing and thinking as he examined me. He said cervical cancer / ovarian cancer.

He sent me for MRI and CT Scan, and in the week before that, my suspicion was raised that perhaps things were looking inauspicious.

I was formally told by the consultant 10 days after the MRI that it was stage 4b cervical cancer which had spread to other organs.

It was a HUGE shock which I am still trying to recover from, but I can't think of a nice way of telling someone they have incurable cancer and I would hate for that to be (part of) my job, so I take my hat off to people who do this all day.

Having said that, there is clearly a communication problem in the (in many ways) wonderful NHS - after being told on the phone that... I could not be told anything over the phone, I was told to bring someone to my appointment (uh-oh) and sent an SMS appointment reminder stating I was meeting with the "Oncology Surgery team". A bit of a give-away. In the event, things turned out to be much worse as they could not helped me due to the advanced stage of my cancer. Sigh.

Best wishes to all on this forum and those who support us through this strange journey which never shows on Trip Advisor...