Consultants

Rictic . Hi Phil. In my early days, I didn't see the same doctor twice. When I met my oncologist, I had the same one looking after me for 6 years. Best wishes.

Hi Phil,This can happen.I saw one consultant who did the TURBT,another who gave me the cancer diagnosis and another for follow up post surgery in addition to the surgeon.I still haven’t met my urologist who took over my case about 5 yrs ago.I know the rest of the team as I was a long term urology patient before cancer.I always write who I have seen on my appt letter as often the person you see is not necessarily the same named on the letter.Jane 

Thanks rily  for your reply its so reassuring this forum Phil .

Hi jane thanks for your reply Phil x

Hi Phil.Are your appointments all at the same hospital ? 

Hi I’ve been to two different hospitals 

In my hospital 1 consultant did the TURBT and gave me my diagnosis several weeks later. (That team also does the BCG stuff and post op follow up)

Then I was transferred to the team doing the robotic surgery - several consultants of varying levels on that team as well as more junior surgeons. . After the cystectomy that team has  kept me longer than the usual year (over 2.5 years) before saying they'll be  transferring me back to the first consultant's team, probably later this summer.

Only 1 oncologist consultant and I'll see her for 5 years post op though during chemo I saw some of her staff sometimes as well.

I don't think it matters who I see as long as they are competent, some of the more junior people who ring me are good fun and remember me from doing post op checkups, which helps keep things pleasant.

In most other specialisms (referred to because of things that cropped up along the way, eg cardiology, vascular, haematology, nerve specialists,) I generally haven't seen or talked to the consultants, the middle level staff keep things going.

They've all been great. And they're all at the same hospital, though not all at the main site.

Hope that's useful.

All the best,

Latestart

Hi Phil, I have had 3 different consultants so far . I believe that the 2nd and 3rd consultants were because they had free slots on their operating list and could fit me in without delay. I was happy with that . Best of luck with your results Phil

Thank you for your reply Angela iam so pleased i joined this forum its helping through a bad time Phil x

Thank you latestart for your reply  all the  best Phil.