As I said in my response, if there was something very concerning then the radiographer who was doing your scan would have most likely seen it and contacted your Surgical Team there and then to inform them.
Although it is not the Radiographer’s job to write up the reports on the scans, in most cases they will still recognise something worrisome when they see it on their screen, and if the scan was oncology related they’d be even more vigilant about looking for anything suspicious and would have contacted your Team straight away.
I understand that the receptionist / secretary can’t discuss your results with you over the phone (confidentiality reasons as well as others) but perhaps if you call back and explain how worried you are, she may be able to get the Consultant or one of their team to call you to reassure you.
And realistically, if there was a tumour reoccurrence (or something along those lines) then it’s unlikely they would have just sent out a routine letter appointment for you to be seen in 7days time, they would likely have phoned you to discuss it with you straight away, especially if treatment was urgent so that it could begin as soon as possible.
I recently had a very suspicious mole and I had to go to a clinic and have photographs taken of it which would then be sent to a consultant to be reviewed. The nurse told me that I would usually hear back in two weeks via letter which would tell me if I’d need to go to a face-to-face appointment, or whether the doctor was happy it was nothing suspicious and that he didn’t need to see me. About 3 days later I got a letter saying the Consultant wanted to see me and my appointment was only in another two days time. The doctor’s name on the letter was a dermatology oncologist so I was automatically terrified. Due to the speed I had been contacted and them wanting to see me so quickly (within 5 days of my photographs having been done) I was absolutely petrified and I was convinced it would be cancer.
When I got to my appointment I was so scared and when I went in to see the Consultant I was nearly in tears. However, he sat me down, had a look and feel of my mole and told me it was fine. I wasn’t even with him for 5 minutes.
I only give you this example to show a) how quickly the processes take place when it comes to anything oncology related and b) that wanting to be seen doesn’t always mean worst case scenario, although it’s natural to assume it does.
This is of course all speculation, and things may be very different in the area you live and based on what your original diagnosis was, but I guess I just want to reassure you that it may not be as bad as you think.
Nobody on here will be able to stop you worrying because of course that’s the emotional state you are going to be in, but I suppose we all just want to offer support.
I’m really sorry you are losing sleep over it and it’s understandable.
I would call the hospital again and really lay it on thick about how worried and upset you are and how you haven’t been sleeping and beg for someone to call you to discuss the results. I would explain that you can’t live like this for even another day because the not-knowing is unbearable. I’m sure the secretary will be sympathetic to you and try and arrange for someone from your surgical team to call you.
I will be thinking of you OP and keeping my fingers crossed 💐