I posted on here some weeks ago about an upcoming endoscopy & colonoscopy in the context of being on the 2-week pathway. The support was great and I'm asking for some again now!
These procedures took place 3 and a half weeks ago. Follow up app Christmas eve. When I rang to see if I could get an earlier app (discharge letter had said within 4 weeks), I was told that there were no 'red flags' against my notes. I think the secretary said that the biopsy results were available & it was these to which she was referring, I guess. I felt very relieved even though I was getting intermittent pains in my upper abdomen & occasionally in my pelvic area. Happy to wait until the 24th.
But I've just picked up a message asking me to phone re an appointment - for some reason googled the number & up popped the hospital radiology/MRI department. I was referred for the scopes in the first place because my GP was worried that I was anaemic though bloods were superficially OK & she wondered about such as IBS, celiac disease, ulcers or, at a pinch, stomach cancer. I'd been incredibly weak for some weeks & couldn't shake off bugs and aches and pains.
But with the passage of time after the scopes, naturally felt that no news - no rush to make me an appointment - was good news. And I've been feeling stronger. Now I'm shaken by this call which of course I'll follow up tomorrow morning.
My question - could post scope biopsy results take this long to come through (though I'm the secretary had them to hand when we spoke)? The only concrete info I have is during the procedure, they diagnosed oesophageal reflux and put me on medication.
I know I should stop worrying but it's late, work tomorrow and wondering why it's taken this long to decide that a MRI or some kind of medical imaging is necessary. Or am I jumping the gun, here? Any thoughts very welcome.