Wait for MRI results

I had a MRI on 13th April after investigations for bowel cancer and I also have an ovarian cyst which is growing in size. They did a small bowel investigation too so I pretty much had an abdominal, small bowel and pelvis MRI. 

I have an appointment with my consultant in just over a weeks time but this was booked before the MRI. 

The MRI report has not been uploaded onto the system yet as usually I get notifications to say test results/scans have been uploaded onto my file even if I can't actually see the results but this time I haven't. Is this anything to worry about it? Or it it too hard to tell with MRI results as to whether its good or bad if you hear back sooner or later? 

  • Hi

    I'm really sorry to read that you're having bowel cancer investigations xx

    My take is that there are delays in systems presently. I had my MRI 30th March, then consultant appointment 11th April to discuss it. But radiologist hadn't reviewed my MRI by then so consultant could only chat around likely options. Then she had to chase radiologist and see me again to discuss its actual findings. I've still not seen a report as such of its findings, and nothing at all uploaded in patient portal.

    Maybe all this varies between health board areas, this is just my recent experience here ... 

    My best wishes to you for your consultant appointment in just over a week xx