Waiting for diagnosis

hollydolly said:
I waited at home all day today after waiting 2 weeks for my test results to arrive... for my GP to call to discuss the results.

I checked with his reception staff at mid-day that he had both numbers for me , and that he was definitely going to call ..they assured me he was...

It's now 8.30pm, the surgery closed (doctors office) at 7pm..did I get a call ?.. no of course I didn't !! 🤨
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You know something hollydolly, I would write a poor review on the website about that. That is not right. I usually stick up for my fellow Physicians but to tell a patient that a call is going to be made and it is not made at all is just bad practice. I would definitely make it known in writing.
 
Silverfox said:
You know something hollydolly, I would write a poor review on the website about that. That is not right. I usually stick up for my fellow Physicians but to tell a patient that a call is going to be made and it is not made at all is just bad practice. I would definitely make it known in writing.
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It would just be one more of many others I'm afraid...
 

hollydolly said:
It would just be one more of many others I'm afraid...
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I know in my practice the more those bad reviews added up the lower the rating became for my practice and that is not what myself and my fellow physicians wanted. When we saw that we had meetings to discuss how to change things on how things were being handled. I tell you it is a good way to make a statement.
 
Silverfox said:
I know in my practice the more those bad reviews added up the lower the rating became for my practice and that is not what myself and my fellow physicians wanted. When we saw that we had meetings to discuss how to change things on how things were being handled. I tell you it is a good way to make a statement.
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Very different here.. the general practitioners are not relying on our insurance money
 
911 said:
My doctor doesn’t post the test or imaging results, the labs do. They bypass the doctor. This is why I was wondering that if my bloodwork would show that I had some dangerous symptom, if they would still post them or send me a message stating “Please contact your doctor.”
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Same here -- the labs post them directly and if it's just blood work and routine stuff like that, they generally come back the same day.

Dunno if it's true for all tests, but when I had that really scary mammogram, it was posted just like anything else. Then I got calls that same day from both the imaging place and my doc, telling me to make a followup appointment NOW, which of course I did.
 
911 said:
Here’s the difference with what you’re having to do with waiting and how the real world works. If I go get bloodwork done at 10:00 a.m., I will have my results online probably within 2 hours. That’s the honest truth. My doctor belongs to an integrated healthcare system named “Wellspan.” Each patient has their own patient portal, which allows the patient to go online and see their test and/or imaging results. I think that’s pretty quick.

What I’m not sure about is if a test or x-Ray would come back that would reflect something serious, if they would put that in the portal or make the patient visit the doctor to get the bad news.

I have heard of people waiting weeks to get results and I never thought that was right in today’s techno-world. There has to be a faster way. We’ve all heard the horror stories about people dying while waiting to get their test results and I can believe it.

I wish you well and the best of luck.
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Its the same where I live @911 having access to the patient portal...I have one with the hospital, one with my GP and one with any of the specialists I see....never have to wait more than two days for any test results....as the saying goes 'the squeaky wheel gets the oil' meaning if I dont hear from them soon after the tests, I will call, nag and push to speed the process up....it usually works every time....
 
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Don't worry Hollydolly, seems we're both at the mercy of a "universal" health system.

I'm in Australia, which is fairly similar to the UK system as I understand it. Unless you can afford to pay for private insurance, which is beyond my financial reach.

I've been waiting now for 6 months to have the cataract removed from one eye, then I have to wait at least another 12 months for the other one. I don't expect the call from the hospital until about May next year for the first op.

Meanwhile, waiting until Friday next week for the diagnosis from all the tests has meant that I've had a couple of fairly sleepless nights. No real point in worrying about it though. Nothing will change the diagnosis.

Just have to wait and see what happens.
 
yep you're right GJ.... the Australian and UK NHS are very similar , very long waits to see consultants... it's very scary!!. I'm so sorry you need to wait so long for the cataract surgery, but you're right to be as stoical as you can about the other thing, because worrying will just make you sicker, and the end result may not be as bad as you fear !!

Hoping for the very best for you for Friday's results..
 
Saw the haematologist again this morning. The results are once again inconclusive. I have one M Protein in my blood that has risen, but everything else is fine and normal. The CT scan showed no problems with my skeletal mass.

Taking a wait and see approach. I'll be having further blood tests in January and if the M Protein has risen again, then I will be having a bone marrow biopsy taken.
 
Thanks for sharing your info with us, grannyjo. I' m glad they didn't find anything else.
Did they suggest anything you can do, at this point?
 

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