Husband referred for PET scan in 8 weeks! What's a normal waiting time?

Im in the same position 

Wrexham 4 to 8 weeks

Or Swansea  3 days after call which is 5 hrs each way unless I leave at silly o'clock

1. Im Lucky that my team are going to start my treatment as they have the results from biopsy and ct scans etc  but as I have it in lymph nodes  they wanted to check it had not gone elsewhere b4 treatment 
2. My cancer is oral not prostate 
3. Ill need one after my treatment 

The problem.is that's its rented to to wrexham and the contract has problems renewing  no idea why 

I wish you a speedy answer 

Ring your Clinical Nurse Specialist ,she will have information  and advice.

Im under Glan Clwyd  but we're  one of  hundreds waiting.its been brought up in the senedd  quite a few times by our member .

Please feel free to dm 

Cheers. As we speak we are in the train to Cardiff for an appoint for the pet scan at lunchtime today! Thank you

kind regards

Wendy

Mine would of been swansea 

Its a long long journey  4.5 hrs from Rhyl

Stay safe 

Good news!

Cheers

I doubt that there is a normal across the country.

I am fortunate in that I live in Sheffield within 15 minutes drive of the 3 major hospitals.

I have had all the above scans over the last 2 years and had an appointment within 2/3 weeks of the referral.

The post code lottery is alive and well and I hope that you get the earliest appointment available.

How did your long day go ?

Hi. Well it was a long old day. Thank goodness we went by train! A lot of strangers helped us so much. We were so grateful. Unsung heroes I wish I knew who they were so I could really thank them. Husband ok. Started taking hormone tablets today. We now shall have to wait for the next chapter. 
kind regards 

Wendy

What is his Gleason score?  I had a similar experience 2 years ago at Wrexham. I waited 5 weeks for a PET scan (Wrexham had a mobile PET scanner at the time but the contract for that has ended and a permanent one won’t be ready until end 2027). My Gleason score was 4+5=9 but they would not start treatment until the completion of a bone scan and PET scan. My understanding is that they can send you to Manchester instead of south wales.