How long should I wait for NHS contact?
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@Brittany no. Is that weird?
I honestly don’t want to say yes or no! I’m in the US. I’ve had two colonoscopies (colon cancer runs heavy in my family), and they have always scheduled a follow up before I leave. But even before the follow up, they usually call around 5 days post op to give me results.
@Brittany Thanks. I got the results from surgeon 1 immediately after the colonoscopy. So I'm just wondering.whether surgeon 2 (that's the one who knows the bigger picture) will contact as he's the one who has to join things up. I'll email his secretary and see. I just didn't want to seem pushy if something was already in the post. But, on second thoughts, I'd rather do that than pointlessly wait for 2 weeks.
Absolutely no harm in politely asking what happens next. Usually there's an appointment to talk through the results
Usually reports can take 2 to 6 weeks and you should have a follow up appointment booked..I'd call them up to ask if you haven't received an appt already..no harm in asking. They will contact you sooner if they found anything alarming but you know with NHS strain you could go missed in the loop. So I'd just call up and ask incase.
@Samina thanks, Samina. That's exactly what I was worried about being missed in the big NHS system.
They didn’t schedule a follow up before you left?