As promised an update on my colonoscopy which was done 17th Dec.. the medical secretary to my Colorectal and has been incredible,  caring and supportive.  She suggested I phone her every few weeks to check if my results were ready to be seen by the consultant.  They were completed early February.. the long process of results being seen, letter dictated, typed and returned to be signed then back to secretary for posting...I spoke with the secretary last week and she explained due to the sheer number of cases waiting to be processed it might be several weeks before my notes were seen... I shared with her the 'information ' given to me via a telephone call from my G.P practice in November.  He was following up my visit with the Asthma Nurse I had attended a few days earlier.  This G.P is unknown to me and never met me...the conversation was [ roughly]  your pain, continuous cough, breathlessness isn't related to your (uncontrolled) Asthma but due to bowel cancer...you can imagine my shock and the reaction of the secretary.. my original appt for the colonoscopy was 6th June which had to be cancelled.. during this phone call he arranged another qFIT test and a colonoscopy was booked for 17th Dec..

During the phone call last week the secretary said she would ensure my results were seen by the consultant immediately and I would be given an appt for a phone consultation.. which she did and I received the letter this morning with the appt for next Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Accepting a telephone consultation reduced any further waiting time....bypassing the above process and enabling me to get my results much earlier.

Apologies for the long post but I thought it would be helpful to explain the backstory of the past few months..

TangoPotter and James4000...