Hi. Everyone
i came across your site while wide awake and not able to sleep. I have recently been unwell with uninary tract infections and I got a call from my doctor asking me to come in and discuss my recent kidney ultrasound. Turns out my kidneys were ok but that they'd found an abnormality on my liver and I needed a CT scan. As the GP said I'd get the a scan in two weeks I knew then they suspected cancer. The GP arranged for me to get some liver function blood tests, but as I have private medical care I said to my doctor maybe you can refer me and I can get the scan done quicker at my local private hospital.
In the meanwhile I rang my medical insurance and they directed me to a private hospital 50 miles away, with an appointment for a week later with a liver professor . The next day I got a call from my local private hospital saying they'd had a referral from my GP and could see me in two days so I thought ok this gets it done even quicker even though I was swapping a professor for just a doctor. I saw the doctor on the 2nd April and he examined me and arranged for a ct scan for the Friday and AFP blood test. I got s letter the next day from the Private doctor's secretary saying a follow up appointment had been made for the 30th April which I thought was a long time but assumed as I hadn't even had any tests yet it was the usual follow up timescale and if anything came up on the scan it would alter.
So I had the scan last Friday was told if I hadn't heard anything in a week to call the hospital. So rang today and couldn't get an answer from the medical secretaries but left a message on the answering machine asking if my results were back. Got a call back from her a few hours later from her to say the results are back but my doctor is on holiday until the 23rd April and she can't give me the results!
She went on you say but you've got an appointment booked for the 30th. I told her that was a long time to wait and could she get the doctor to call me when he's back off holiday. Right now I'm furious with the doctor thinking it's just ok to leave people anxious while he is off skiing or whatever and so angry knowing my results are just sat there and any delay may be crucial if I need treatment and feel so worried.
