Chest X ray done last week Wednesday. GP has put in a telephone appointment for 30th of September for a review meeting. Scared.

Hi kind people,

I had some lingering cough that showed up when I laughed, or did anything physically strenuous. No mucus, no weighloss nor loss of apetite. Got a GP appointment and the doc immediately referred me to an xray the very same day. This was last week Wednesday. The GP didn't tell me what would be the next steps. I now saw on my NHS app , a telephone appointment has been booked for 30th of September with another GP. I called the surgery and they couldn't give me more details. They say it days on my chart its a review meeting via phone. I am now very anxious and couldn't sleep at all. Its a long wait untill the 30th. If it was something sinister, I hope they would call me immediately and not wait for 4 weeks or so. Or does it mean its an approproximate date since they themselves haven't received the report yet. I am panicking and overthinking. What were your personal experiences? Can someone shed some light? 

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  • Hi on your NHS app is there anywhere it says normal or abnormal after I had my xray results which arrived 2 days later it said normal but I also had another result which said abnormal so if you can find something like that it might give you an idea .

  • I have been checking and I cant find my result anywhere. I will give a call to the GP surgery mid nextweek and chase. Thank you.

  • Yes I would, if they know then rather than keep you guessing until the 30th they might just let you know ,it would be better that stressing for a month .

  • Thank you very much. I called the surgery and asked about my results. They read out to me the doctors notes and it mentioned about received antibiotics and a follow up xray after 6 weeks. Then I received a text message from the GP mentioning this :

    Dear ....

    You have a new antibiotic prescription to collect from your usual pharmacy to use if your cough is not yet better. I have requested a repeat chest xray for you in 6 weeks, as advised by the xray report. Please book a face to face GP appointment if worse/unwell. Thank you.

    Kind Regards, Dr ..... Surgery

    Still I am not sure what my xray is advising and should I take antibiotics if I dont have the bad cough anymore. Called GP surgery again and the next appointment they have is the 10th of October:(

    All i want is to know what the radiologist has told to my GP regarding my report, so I can have some peace of mind.Need a request sent confirmation email.

  • Hi if it was me I would take it as meaning they believe its some kind of infection and it says to take the anti-biotics if still needed ,when I had my chest xray I'd already done a sputum test and that came back abnormal as a really bad infection that would be hard to get rid of ,although my xray was normal so I've been on antibiotics for 6 weeks and thankfully its all been ok for the last 3 weeks ,so it could something similar what you've got .

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  • Hi if it was me I would take it as meaning they believe its some kind of infection and it says to take the anti-biotics if still needed ,when I had my chest xray I'd already done a sputum test and that came back abnormal as a really bad infection that would be hard to get rid of ,although my xray was normal so I've been on antibiotics for 6 weeks and thankfully its all been ok for the last 3 weeks ,so it could something similar what you've got .

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