2 week wait and covid

Hi everyone - feeling really anxious. I went to the doctors Thursday as I had found a lump in my breast the day before.  As I expected he said I would need to be referred for an urgent assessment.  I knew it would be a 2 week wait and the doctor said that if I hadn't hear anything by yesterday to ring the breast clinic.

 

I had a really busy day at work and came home and called the clinic as I hadn't heard anything at that point.  Spoke to a lovely lady over the phone to be told it will be 5 - 6 weeks for an appointment due to the backlogs.  She was very apologetic and quite frankly angry as I was the 4th patient who she has spoken in about 20 minutes and had to tell them the same thing.  The 2 week wait is a 5 -6 weeks.  Is anyone else having the same wait?  I'm worried that if I do need treatment then things could be much worse in 6 weeks time compared to now. 

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  • Hello there - I'm in the Midlands too and got referred on 15/12 - my appointment was today (and thankfully everything was clear)

    I rang the Rapid Referral number every morning around 9.45am  - they were really kind- I said I would take any short notice cancellations and/or go to any of the 3 hospitals in our area. I got seen in 4 weeks and that was with Christmas/New Year in the middle.

    In the end I only got about 36 hours notice for my appointment but that was fine

    Fingers crossed yours comes up soon - let us know? Its torture waiting xx