In mid June, my husband had a  painful perianal abscess, which he had to have drained. The wound has healed well and he now feels fine.

The hospital doctor decided he needed a pelvic CT scan, to see if there was any underlying reason for the abscess. This was done on 23rd June.

He was contacted and an appointment made for 10th July, where he was told that he had a dilated appendix, and there could be several reasons for this, including cancer, and they wanted him to have further tests.

He was put on to the '2 Week Wait', and had a blood test on that day, a CT scan of his thorax on 15th July, and a colonoscopy on 21st July.

Now it has all gone quiet, and there has been no contact from the hospital about the next steps.

At the colonoscopy he was given a report saying that the colonoscopy was normal and there was no cancer found, and he has no symptoms of anything.

But, I don't want to make an assumption that all is well. 

We haven't had much experience with hospitals - is it normal for them not to bother to tell patients if they are ok, or should I expect some sort of follow up after these tests.

I did try to chase this about 10 days ago, and was told that the doctor had been away for a few days, and the person I spoke to said he'd email the doctor.  But we've had no contact at all.

It feels like this is drifting, but I don't think I'm being unreasonable to get the doctor's opinion on the results of the tests and if anything further needs to happen.

I don't want to make myself a nuisance, but should we just wait, or should I start more regular chasing?