Retinopathy screening nightmare.

[Steff]

Just recieved my appointment for this in the post and oh they could not of picked a worse date 4th march at 15.10 firstly cant make it they will be no one to pick my son up , secondly it is my mums birthday and the anniversary of her passing does anyone know if i just ring them and re-arrnage or does it get cancelled ?

 

[Northerner]

Absolutely ring them Steff and get it rearranged! I'm sure it happens all the time, don't worry.🙂

 

[Steff]

Phew ty, I just rang but there not open at weekends gotta ring back during week between 9-5.

 

[vince13]

Stef, I had to cancel twice recently due to this blasted virus I've had. In the end I had the screening yesterday as they gave me a cancellation appointment from someone else. All was well thankfully.

Don't be worried, get it cancelled and, if you don't hear from them reasonably quickly with a new appointment, get on to them again. I'm sure you'll find them OK about it.

All the best,

 

[Steff]

thx Faith natural worrier me lol

 

[miker147258]

I forgot to go mine , rang them to see if I can rebook they said yes March 6th 2010, have to remember this so I have written it down. I am busy getting my son ready for his appointment on Monday at the hospital , they are going to take video recordings of the way he walks , this will tell them how to best do the operation on his foot. its all hi tech.

Mike

 

[Caroline Wilson]

You should be able to get the appointment rearranged. I've done that with mine a couple of times. I try for an early one which is normally arrounf 9.30. I then book an afternoon off work to allow my eyes to come back to normal before I have to use my computer again!

 

[Steff]

You should be able to get the appointment rearranged. I've done that with mine a couple of times. I try for an early one which is normally arrounf 9.30. I then book an afternoon off work to allow my eyes to come back to normal before I have to use my computer again!

I'm going to try for early one anything before 11am for me is perfect .

 

[thedame]

Just a thought- is this with the local eye clinic? In my area we can choose to visit an optician who offers retinopathy testing - much more convenient for me as there is an excellent one down the road from me and they are very flexible with appointments. I would have thought your letter would have mentioned this but it is worth a thought?

My optician was one of the first in our area to get kitted out with the video camera machine and you can see the back of your eyes on the screen - very weird. He was very proud of it when they first got it and wanted to show me pictures he had put up for a display showing all sorts of complications- not very tactful I thought! Yet another thing for us to worry about I know but everything has been OK for me so far - hope yours is a breeze - just remember that they can spot early signs of trouble and sort it out - better that then when it is too late eh?

 

[Steff]

It is yes and my optician only jus got automatic doors nevermind retinal screening equipment lol, it aint a big deal ill just say look i can even make the 4th but not at that time x

 

[Steff]

managed to cancel.

Well all sorted im booked in for the 16th march at 09.20.