You might have to watch the holiday part if you're going abroad, and it turns out to be worst case scenario.  Insurance companies can be fickle when it comes to certain conditions.

I would read the detail about disclosing pre existing conditions before travelling. The biggest worry is, you need some sort of medical care when away, then find out your insurance company refuses to foot those bills. If you're remaining within the UK, then that's all irrelevant.

Hmm, yes, I didn't think of that.

So...firstly, went to see the consultants last week. I was slightly forgotten in the outpatients but they found a spare consultant to see me. I was slightly confident it wasn't bad news if they just were going to find a random consultant for me.

However, I was expecting the worst and..... they said the biopsy was not showing any cancer and so it was probably a touch of pneumonia or something and I should take some antibiotics. they had sent my test off to another lab to double check though. So, fantastic news and a big relief for my wife.

But...we came back from hols today to find a letter asking me to come in on Monday. It may be just to confirm all is ok but now we can't help wondering if it is something they found in the second lab....

Argh, firstly that's amazing news and it must have been such a relief for you, but then it probably feels like a never ending nightmare with the letter appearing when you got back. It must be so stressful. But I hope it at least enabled you to have a worry-free holiday and you had a nice time away... 

Fingers crossed that on Monday it's just a case of them confirming the test results came back negative again, leaving you free to get on with your life. I don't know for sure but I get the impression they would call you back to confirm and discharge you either way(?) so perhaps pointless reading into why they want you to return.

I'll be thinking of you on Monday! Please do continue to keep us updated.

Thanks Paul. Looking at the letter it says  'Clinician: lung Function Room' i wonder if it is just some lung function test...

As you say, great news and then maybe not!

Hi RossM,

Hoping you're OK. Just thought I'd check in - was it this Monday you went back in? Understand if you don't want to reply just yet or maybe you're busy, but wanted you to know I thought of you nonetheless.

Hi, yes, so I went in and just had to have a lung function test, just blowing into tubes, nothing else. I think it was just soemthing they wanted to do earlier but things just progressed faster on the scanning front.

No idea of the result but the operator said it looked fine (but then they probably always say that).

Ploughing through antibiotics at the moment...

Hi Ross,

A bit of good news by the sound of it... And no, they don't always say "it looks fine"!

Hi Ross,

That makes sense - I'm glad the appointment went OK. And I agree with Rose... doctors have a duty to remain candid, so they wouldn't say it looked fine unless it really did!

it was just the guy who did the test rather than the doctor but I am going for anther scan in a few weeks and they are expecting to see everything back to normal following the antibiotics (fingers crossed).

Hi Ross

Just catching up on your posts. I sincerely hope that all of this is the end of it and that you are as fit as a fiddle and it was just a scare - certainly sounds very promising. Best of luck to you for the future :)

Thank you for your message. 

The doctor called last week to say the double check on my biospy confimred what they thought. just the final CT scan check to do at the end of the month. 

Big scare and it did change my outlook on life a bit too (putting fewer things off and getting them done/booked in sooner).

I'll do an update after the final CT.

Thank you for your message. 

The doctor called last week to say the double check on my biospy confimred what they thought. just the final CT scan check to do at the end of the month. 

Big scare and it did change my outlook on life a bit too (putting fewer things off and getting them done/booked in sooner).

I'll do an update after the final CT.

Just spoke to the Consultant. All clear, only a v.small lymph nodule at the bottom of the lung which they are not concerned with. What a roller coaster! I did have a bit of a moment after the call. Will probably have another.

Big relief as you will understand and I hope this post goes to show others who may be panicked into thinking the worst, that it may not be. 

Thank you to everyone who responded and I hope that your Big C is losing the battle wirth your body.

Also a massive thank you to the NHS who were amazingly fast to investigate aand check everything out for me. 

Thank you once again.

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This is brilliant news, Ross ... so pleased for you.  It's great you've put an update on so quickly. Really helps others riding that rollercoaster of waiting for results!