Hi I'm new to this forum and am writing in desperation as I'm really starting to run out of patience.
After having a facial biopsy at hospital in September, I had to wait till mid November for my results where I was told I had BCC. I was told that I would have to be referred to Salford Royal for surgery as the hospital that did the biopsy didn't do this surgery. It then took the hospital a further 2 weeks to do a referral to Salford which they received on the 01/12/17 and now at 28/02/18 (3 months on) I still haven't been seen or even had a letter for an appointment. Every time I have rang, I'm told I'm on awaiting list but they are unable to give me any timescales of how long I will have to wait. I think I've been really patient up to now especially knowing that I've probably had this cancer since last summer but I do feel the hospital waiting times are not acceptable for a patients well being. I'm not sleeping, starting to feel stressed and the BCC is starting to get very itchy which keeps me awake at night as its on my forehead so the pillow against my head seems to irritate it. this is the first BCC I've unfortunately had and I was just wondering if this waiting is normal as my doctor told me the cancer I have is a good cancer and not a cancer that will spread but it still doesn't make me feel any better about my situation and the time I'm having to wait.
