My Dad has had symptoms of Bowel cancer for a long time now and been fobbed of by his GP. He finally had a stool sample tested which came back positive so received a follow up virtual colonoscopy which found growths in him Colon and Kidney which he was told about on June 22nd. He has had scans sins this and after many phone calls from myself was finally booked in for an Endoscopy on 17th July where they confirmed the Colon cancer.
We were told the MDT would be held yesterday, 25th of July and should expect to be booked in to see an Oncologist this week or early next week. He has had to chance the results for this MDT and has been told he has an appointment on 3rd Aug with a general surgeon. Up to now he has not had any contact from anyone to explain the process or with a specialist nusre and no mention at all of an Oncologist. They have not made any mention of a biopsy of the growth on his Kidney.
When he see's this general surgeon next week it will be 6 weeks since the initial results from the virtual colonoscopy which just seems like a very long time for him to have to wait for anything, he hasn't been told what stage he is at, if they think they can treat it, absolutely zero information at all. Any time any of us phone to speak to the secretaries we are told it is not the right one and someone will phone back. Its a joke and I worry as he has been complaining to his GP for 5 years this cancer may already be quite set in.
Is this the normal process as when my sister has cancer she was seen by many people and had someone she could contact. He Chemo started within 6 weeks where my Dad wont have even spoken to a cancer nurse.
