Referral to Mri timeframe

Hello

Your psa level is quite elevated, I would think 10 weeks is a very long time to wait for a mri scan.....we are from Scotland, my details are on my profile, we are 5 weeks from psa results to where we are now......bone scan, ct scan, diagnosis, 2 appts with Urology. 

Waiting is awful but we do need to be our best advocates! I would ask to be informed of any cancellation appts, question the wait again, I am not sure how it all works in Belfast, maybe the GP could help with chasing up the scan. 

There will be many here to offer advice, I am fairly new to all this! Good luck ️

You're a lot further on thank goodness. 

I have rang appointments twice and have my name down for a cancellation but as you can imagine they are few and far between. 

Thanks for replying 

Hi. It does seem a long wait, which from experience any wait seems a long worrying wait. My PSA  was 21 ,quickly  referred to consultant,  saw him in under 2 weeks. He did a internal examination then arranged a MRI 3 weeks later  then the long 6 week wait for a biopsy,  then another 7 week wait to see my consultant with the diagnosis,  confirming  they have found 2 growths and due to back and leg pains, quickly arranged a bone scan,  thankfully it was still contained in the prostate,  that was the worst wait ever, difference from curable to just keeping my alive , from appointment with my doctor to been treated and cured with radiotherapy was 10 months. The most important thing to remember keep faith and stay positive and trust the team involved.  good luck 

Hello Moder 

I would take your issues of the delay up with the Public health Agency : email - complaints@pha@hscni.net

Tell them of the deal in your cancer diagnosis and ask them to bring the MRI/Biopsy forward.

I hope you get some results.

Best wishes - Brian.

Thanks for getting back to me , now I have an idea of the time frame I can expect.

Glad to hear you're on the road to recovery 

Thanks I will definitely look into that