This waiting is awful

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My DH is recovering from some very full on radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. He had a PET scan late last week and just had a letter come through for an appointment on Monday. I guess for the results. Can't help but think the worst. You just read too much into the timing and the turn around and I'm fearing the worst. I know we just have to get through till Monday to find out but any insight into how and why they schedule these things would be appreciated. I'm trying not to be optimistic because I can't deal with the disappointment. Fuck cancer.

You’ve come up in active, so I am not your audience but I just want to send love

In my experience, the time delay is due to the time it takes the radiologist to review the images and write the report. But also the consultant appointments where this information is shared often only operate on set days. In some specialities this seems to be a single day a week. So I imagine the appointment was the soonest following the availability of the report.

The waiting is the absolute worst and I have absolutely no idea how you make it better. Sending all the positive vibes whilst you retain a cautious, protective mindset x