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OH NO! TIMBY HAS RETURNED! LATEST UPDATE.

wirralass said:
Thank you Northie I'll try not to - with that I'll tuck into my dinner and not worry!🙄
Will wait in anticipation to speaking with my GP x
WL
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WL...I know you must be at the end of your tether now...physically & emotionally...believe you must contact your surgery...ask for the practice manager to contact you...or if you have the energy...are you able to write a letter to your GP...hand deliver it...detailing the effect this is having on you...I have done that in the past..it does work... could give you a hand with that if you need it...will pm you...it is one of the most anxious times...waiting for results...outrageous they have kept you waiting for so long.
 
Bubbsie said:
WL...I know you must be at the end of your tether now...physically & emotionally...believe you must contact your surgery...ask for the practice manager to contact you...or if you have the energy...are you able to write a letter to your GP...hand deliver it...detailing the effect this is having on you...I have done that in the past..it does work... could give you a hand with that if you need it...will pm you...it is one of the most anxious times...waiting for results...outrageous they have kept you waiting for so long.
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Thank you Bubbsie will take you up on that, appreciate x
WL
 
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I don't know how this works in England, but here when a letter is created in the hospital it is sent to the GP instantly, and appears in the patients electronic records, and a record kept on the hospital records. If that's how it works in England then it's entirely your GPs fault that you haven't heard. There's no paper involved.

I agree with Bubbsie, it's utterly outrageous that you haven't heard. There is no excuse. That said, I still think if they haven't been in touch, then it is extremely unlikely that there is anything to worry about, but that is for you to decide, not your GP.
 
(((hugs)))
 
Hi everyone, this is short & brief just to keep you in the know. Some progress has been made since I last posted - I'm sorry to keep you in the dark but I will update you as soon as I can. Thank you for being patient. Take care peeps ((Hugs))) & xxx's.
WL
 
I have been wondering whether you got results and hoping all well but didn't like to ask! Thanks for update WL. Good luck 🙂
 
wirralass said:
Hi everyone, this is short & brief just to keep you in the know. Some progress has been made since I last posted - I'm sorry to keep you in the dark but I will update you as soon as I can. Thank you for being patient. Take care peeps ((Hugs))) & xxx's.
WL
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Hope all is well wirralass x
 
Just read this post we. Hope your results are with you soon.
 
I hope you get the results soon. I'm still keeping everything crossed you receive good news.
 
Ljc said:
I hope you get the results soon. I'm still keeping everything crossed you receive good news.
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Grateful to hear this Ljc because I haven't anything else to cross🙄
Thank you x
WL
 
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Have you crossed your eyes? I'll cross mine for you. :D My eyes are weird anyways.
 
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Have you crossed your eyes? I'll cross mine for you. :D My eyes are weird anyways.
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Not yet Ditto 🙄 but I'll leave you to do that for me if you don't mind! - thank you - and I can only cross 2 toes on both feet! x
WL
 
UPDATE

Hello folks🙂!
So, after many phone calls over umpteen days to 1) My GP 2) Hospital Urology 3) Urology appointments clerk and 4) Urology Secretaries - I found I was still in limbo land and as you can imagine, nerves frazzled and reaching the end of my tether.

So I ultimately rang PALS to ask if they could help me re: the result of my Timby biopsy. I said that I thought the hospital was totally insensitive for not releasing my biopsy results as soon as possible. The lady I spoke with brought all my electronic case notes up on screen and went through detail by detail from when I initially saw my Specialist - having a CT Scan to having major surgery & being discharged from hospital following surgery.

I was told to leave it with her saying the person who was Urology knowledgable would return my call in the morning the next day. I waited in for that call which didn't happen (Whats new!) So at 13.30hrs I rang PALS - explained my dilemma to another Patient Information Advisor and went through the whole rigmarole again and was told that my Specialist would give me the biopsy results when next I saw him. When is that I asked - she couldn't say (Or wouldn't!)

Lo & behold the following day I received a 1st class post letter from the hospital with an appointment to see my Specialist at 09.20am on 12 May 2017. This appointment is my one month post op follow up which I had been waiting for.Then - would you believe it - I received another 1st class post letter yesterday resceduling the time of my appointment to 11.10am. No complaints about this as in fact the time suits me better.

So I will see my Specialist this coming Friday when I expect to be put out of my misery by being given Timbys biopsy result. In my heart of hearts I think I know what he is going to divulge to me.

So this is it folks - my agonising wait is almost over and all I can say is - & I think you'll say it with me - thank God for that! Thank you all for staying with me to date during my Timby journey - as you know this is very much appreciated. Hopefully last update on Friday.
Take good care of yourselves (((hugs))) and xxx's.
Wirralass.
 
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Good luck for the 12th.
 
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