Friday 10 July 2009

Fighting hard

Well I thought things were on the up..
My local hospital has two oncologists. One has left recently and they have not yet employed someone. So there is one Dr doing the job of two. So I got a letter yesterday saying all appointments in clinic have been cancelled. They are not doing any follow up appointments at the moment. The priority will be women who are under going treatment. Well this totally threw me. I now do not know when I will be getting the results from my scan. This is agonising..its bad enough waiting but when you now don't have an appointment it feels even worse. I have spoken to various people including the consultants secretary but have had no luck. I have been told that when the results appear on the system an appointment MAY be made for me but this depends on the results and if a relevant qualified member of staff is available to speak to me. The only thing I can do is ring the hospital every single day until the results appear. This waiting and fighting is both emotionally and physically draining, it wears me down till I feel exhausted. Its so hard to keep fighting all the time.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh Jools . Do keep fighting and pestering every day twice a day if necessary !!! I would . My hubby has just started chemo and so far so good .Susan

unicorn said...

Jools, it must be so frustrating. Could your GP have any suggestions?
Love,
Gerry.
X

JennyMac said...

Just wondering how you are getting on. It is such a long time since you posted on here, and i haven't seen you on Delia I don't think.
Hope you are doing OK.
Love Jenny.

unicorn said...

I've been thinking the same as JennyMac. Been unwell (nothing really serious) so not been on Delia. Thinking so much about you, Jools.

unicorn said...

, glad to see you back on DoL today. Hope you're doing OK and get news about your scan results.
Love,
Gerry

Anastasia said...

Wondering how you are?
Anastasia XXXXX

JennyMac said...

Any news Jools? It is such a long time since you posted. I wonder how you are?
Maybe you just got tired of doing the blog?