My partner has had a frequent and increasingly urgent need to urinate for the best part of a year. At first he put it down to his age but as it got worse and worse he finally went to the Dr. Eventually he had a cystoscopy and they identified some spots on the one side of the bladder and a lesion they didn't look like on the other. He had a biopsy 3 days later. That was almost 2 weeks ago. There's no news about the results but I'm worried sick. Dr Google is a terrible thing but says only 5% of bladder lesions are non cancerous so we are not expecting good news. How long should we wait for? I lost my Dad to liver cancer last year and it happened so quickly. The waiting is awful. How long is normal to wait for the results of a biopsy? I keep trying to convince myself that no news is good news!
Hi Bethan123 and welcome to the group, although sorry to hear your dad may have bladder cancer. Firstly, be aware that bladder cancer can be treated successfully. Biopsies can take up to 2 weeks to be analysed and then there is a wait for an appointment to discuss results. The results determine the next step. There is a bit of a backlog at the moment in some places, so if dad has not heard anything after 3 weeks, then maybe an idea to give the consultant secretary a ring and give them a nudge. One thing we tell people is to avoid Google. There is a lot of misinformation and out of date stuff out there. Macmillan have produced info on diagnosis and treatment if you click HERE . Best wishes.
