Do I call or email the surgery

[AutumnDance]

I had to got to hospital last week for a colonoscopy appointment. I wasn't long in the ward. I went for 12.15 and I was out by 2.30. the nurse gave me a piece of paper with a vague list of the findings. The doctor didn't speak to me afterwards. One of these words is a condition of the gut that causes inflammation and infections. This was the reason for my GP referral by the way. It was suspected I had this but we didn't know it. The paper I was given from the hospital was one piece of paper and it was so vague. The never spoke to me after the procedure. The paper said the endoscopy report will be sent to the GP. Not one doctor rang me all week from the practice.

I am on a support group now for the condition and there's different levels of severity. I don't know anything about this except for what I read on Google and from the support of strangers on a group. I wasn't told anything about the findings of the scope from the doctor who performed it on me or even from my own GP practice. So pretty much I got a diagnosis on a piece of paper and that's all it was.

I dont understand why you dont just ring the GP practice to find out what happens next?

Hospitals can be very slow to return information to the GP.
As someone said above, they're very good at getting you back if there's bad news, so it's unlikely anything urgent needs to be communicated.

Just call your GP - you can ask the receptionist whether your info has come back from the hospital, although I'd definitely make that appointment anyway given how anxious you are.

@HerNameIsIncontinentiaButtocks

Hospitals can be very slow to return information to the GP. As someone said above, they're very good at getting you back if there's bad news, so it's unlikely anything urgent needs to be communicated.

Just call your GP - you can ask the receptionist whether your info has come back from the hospital, although I'd definitely make that appointment anyway given how anxious you are.

That's despicable.

All I got on the day of the appointment was this. I was sick last summer and it was suspected I had an infection in the gut so I can only presume it was that diverticulosis flaring. I got no help from anyone. I emailed the surgery twice with no reply.

Just ring them . Ask of results are back and make an appointment in anticipation.

I really don’t think your GP is aware of how anxious you are about the result , nor how keen you are to discuss it.
They may well have got your report and thought you’ll be fine because it doesn’t show cancer or similar .
I really do think you need to ring and make an appointment to discuss it rather than waiting for them to contact you .
It is fine to ring and speak to them about this result .