Now that the consultant & specialist nurse are back from their hols (whereas I had to cancel mine) I rang to speak to the nurse on Monday. Yes, I've been discussed at the MDT last week, but the consultant has to look at the notes (after clinic on Tues) & set priority order for clinic appointments. Can't say which day it will be.
Today (Thurs) still no contact. Rang the clinic - no appointment date set yet. Will be in the next week or three - only one clinic day next week, with the registrar. Consultant is busy catching up on the backlog of surgery. But the wait for surgery will only be a week or two after clinic.
I appreciate that I'm not the most urgent patient - essentially I've just had a 3 month check up - but I feel I haven't been given realistic expectations about the pre-op process & when the op might be. They must have known about the hols & the catch up. Not that I'm looking forward to it, but I've now missed my' window of convenience'.
I'm fed up with all the waiting - to get dates for appointments, surgery, then for the event itself, then for the next event etc. & sometimes not much notice. I've not worked more than two & half weeks in a row (I only work part time anyway) since all this started & I don't like letting them down with short notice absence. I can't plan anything with any certainty.
Ah well, rant over. It will happen eventually & then I'll have bigger issues to be concerned about.
