My husband had surgery to remove his prostate just over 8 weeks ago (in April 2023) and is recovering well. We have been anxiously awaiting his post surgical follow up appointment to hear the results and to find out whether he is now clear or will need any further follow treatment in the form of radiotherapy. From reading posts on hear, I see that this is usually anything from 6 weeks post surgery, so we were already feeling anxious and impatient to hear the news. A telephone appointment was scheduled for 10am this morning and over an hour late, it finally came through - only to be told absolutely nothing!! The guy we spoke to asked if he had had a blood test to check his PSA - we told him that we had queried this a couple of weeks ago as to why he hadn't been called for one and had been told they wouldn't check it until his 3 month appointment! He then went on to tell us that the histology results from the surgery weren't available yet and we would be sent an appointment to discuss them in a month's time at a 3 month post op appointment.
Has anyone else had to wait this long for surgical results or am I wrong in thinking most people hear with 6-8 weeks post op? The anxiety of not knowing whether this has been successful or not is causing so much stress and upset, not to mention being unable to plan anything to do with our lives going forward. I'm struggling to see exactly what the point of this morning's phone call was for either side. No information was given or received and it has just left us both feeling really frustrated and upset.
