Deliberately being vague with details because I'm worried this will be picked up by the daily mail and turned into a "NHS in crisis" article.
Ds had some tests done last week. Nothing life or death but results will determine what treatment if any he will need next. 2 of the possible treatments will be unpleasant and traumatic for ds, 1 worse than the other. There is also the chance that the test results will indicate that no more treatment is needed which is what we are hoping for.
We have had these tests before and got the results the same day. But this time the consultant was called away to an emergency and the nurse told me to phone her the next day to get the test results. I've phoned the consultant's secretary twice over the past week and been told I will get a phone call as soon as possible. I know she is busy but it would take 2 minutes to send me a quick email or get her secretary to tell me the results were normal and no further treatment needed. Which makes me think that the results aren't good. My health anxiety is going into overdrive and I just want to know one way or another.
At what point is it OK to phone the secretary again? I could email the consultant directly instead. I don't want to be one of those annoying people and keep demanding attention while parents of much poorlier children wait patiently. And the consultant is really good at not rushing us in clinic or on the ward when I have endless stupid questions. But I just want to know what is happening with ds.