Hello all,
I was told on Friday that I have Endometrial cancer. It was a bit of a shock, but I was expecting it to honest. During my Hysteroscopy (which was incredibly painful for me) I asked him if he could tell the difference between normal womb lining and cancerous lining and he said mine was abnormal! I also had a polyp removed which was just falling apart as he tried to get a piece for biopsy. I'm having a chest x-ray and mri tomorrow. The MDT meet on Friday, I don't have an appointment for the results as I opted to get a phone call as I get very anxious about going to gp/hospital appointments, my brain just goes into overdrive and over thinks things and I just end up a complete mess! Do you think I will get my results the following week? I didn't ask as I was in a right state and didn't think to ask!
So sorry to hear this. I am in the same position and terrified but my discussion isn't until the 19 December I hope you hear sooner. If any one on the group can think.of how to reduce waiting times I would be very grateful
My Gynae said if I had the mri and x-ray this week it would be discussed on Friday. He is part of the MDT.
No one seems to know other than that is the NHS max time it's awful
Waiting times depend on how busy the labs are. I dont think anyone has yet automated the process so if staff are off for any reason it's a longer wait. I did wonder if I offered to pay for a days overtime to look at my and other biopsies would it speed it up.
Hi Munch
At my hospital phone calls were often received on the afternoon when the MDT met. So if results were not in one week in time to be discussed, then it would likely be the following week. There can be differences though between hospitals.
Jane
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