Re op

Oh Amelia. What a bummer, after gearing yourself up. These delays are not uncommon. Even before covid last minute cancellations were common. They just like to keep us on our toes. At least they have given you a reviewed date. I hope all goes well. Best wishes.

Only thing thay worries me is, my last chemo session was 12th May so that will make it 14 weeks to my Op and i worry the cancer gunna spread, x

Hi Amelia, it's probably the 'pingdemic'. Ops depend on all sorts of backroom stuff like the folk who sterilise and prepare instrument packs for ops. So it's not necessarily that loads of patients are being taken in to hospital sick with Covid.

Hoping one more week will not make a lot of odds

Denby

Yes lets hope so Denby like you say 1 week should be ok.

Thanks Amelia

Hi Amelia,Sorry to hear you have to wait longer.There are so many delays in the pandemic.Love Jane x

Hi Amelia

How awful to get this news when you have psyched yourself up. This wretched covid.

Hope all goes well on the 25th 

Love Inanna x 

Hi amelia. How disappointing for you. I was unwell a week before my TURBT and they nearly rescheduled it, I was devastated! (Thankfully it went ahead as planned). 

Like others have said its not unusual and maybe if its a big hospital they are under more pressure at the moment. 

Do you have a COVID free hospital near you? I'm not far from Nottingham (I'm on the border of notts, leics and lincs) and I have moved my care from lincoln to a smaller hospital which is a 'green site'. It's worth asking?

Sending love. 

Clare

Hi Claire, my local hospital is Kings Mill in Mansfield but they dont do this operation there  so it done in Notts City Hospital, just hope it goes ahead on 25th,  if not I think some questions need to be asked xxx

Hi Amelia

They are still both big hospitals but notts city is definitely smaller than Kings Mill

If you're that side of notts you're probably too far away for Grantham hospital, that's where my care has been moved to. 

I've had some complications since the TURBT so driving the 43 miles to Lincoln was difficult as I can't hold my bladder for more than 45 minutes, I would have made it there not been able to walk from the car for fear of wetting myself! Ha ha

Makes sense for me too as only 7 miles from Grantham hospital

Good luck with it

Sending love

Clare

Thankyou