Anxious and stressed

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Hi its nearly 12 months since left open radical nephrectomy  large tumor but grade 2 and contained, so I am in a good place physically compared to a lot of people and my heart goes out to you all , this anxiety of mine seems trivial in comparison but was told by consultant I would have scan every 4 months I had my second scan in August over 6 weeks later it's not back from radiology I dont not blame any medical person as I know there all under pressure but I get so anxious and stressed and always fear the worst and its life stalls for these results to come through and I just want to try and get on with my life 

 Thinking of you all on this up and down journey 

      Lilyh

  • I had a CT Scan on 9/10/23. Just gone through my folder. The All Clear letter was typed on the 18th. So I probably got the letter 3 or 4 days after that. 22th October, so I think we are talking 13 Days. Hope this helps. Try not to worry, but I must admit, I was in a right state at the time. I will be the same in 4 months time.

  • Thanks - i was thinking it was probably a bit early to chase it up. At least I got my blood test results, my kidney function hadn’t changed, which I assume is neither good or bad! 

  • That is good. Mine has got worse. But GP not doing anything about it. Waiting to see Kidney Specialist.

  • You don’t get very far with the GP - mine wrote to me to come in for a cancer care meeting - if they’d  called it a cancer couldn’t care less meeting, it’d have been more accurate. Every question I asked I got the response - I don’t know, I’m not a specialist. 
    Hope you get a better response from the kidney specialist. Strange to think that this time last year we’d no idea what 2023 had in store. 

  • I know I had to cancel 2 holidays, Have booked a holiday for February. I have a CT Scan roughly then, but having a much earned holiday first. Then I go on this merry go round again.

  • My last results were passed to the in unit Macmillan team who were left to tell me.