A friend has just had the devastating news that she has a bladder tumor. She's been told that she has been put on a priority list and that they will be in touch. They have told her this could take 2 TO 3 MONTHS! :mad:

Surely national resources should be taken into account so that if she can't be treated in her local authority she could go elsewhere to get vital early treatment.

it depends if the tumour is malignent or benign, if it was really seriously going to do her any harm leaving her they would take her in a.s.a.p. i wouldnt worry too much about it, i know its hard .

Sorry to hear this news.
I would get back in touch with her doctor and find out why.

A friend has had the same thing operated on last year and although he has to go for regular checks he is very well.
Good luck to your friend :thumbsup:

Thanks Jay Jay and Savbaby.

The Doctor did say it was a cancer so doesn't that alone warrant treatment asap? Unfortunately she opted out of Westfield and she's considering trying to fund the treatment with her husband if they don't hear anything soon.

Originally posted by Ally68
Thanks Jay Jay and Savbaby.

The Doctor did say it was a cancer so doesn't that alone warrant treatment asap? Unfortunately she opted out of Westfield and she's considering trying to fund the treatment with her husband if they don't hear anything soon.

I can understand your frustration, but I agree with Savbaby on this one, cancer is such a scary word even though each of us are developping cancerous cells each day. if it's not as serious as others then it will get put on a waiting list as obviously the more life threatening cancers, and other life threatening conditions (that aren't even cancer) have to be treated first.

I know it's so so hard, but try not to worry, they wouldn't just forget her or neglect her, not only do doctors not do that, but there's too much media coverage on everything to dare neglect any case!

Best wishes to you and your friend.

Lottie

Originally posted by Lotti


I know it's so so hard, but try not to worry, they wouldn't just forget her or neglect her, not only do doctors not do that, but there's too much media coverage on everything to dare neglect any case!

Best wishes to you and your friend.

Lottie

From my cousins experience, it has been known to be lost in the system. If it wasn't for her sister constantly phoning to get her an appointment she probably wouldn't be here today. She did actually recieve compensation from the local health authority as the admitted not following up normal proceedures.

Thanks for your thoughts, hopefully she'll get to know something soon.

This is an update on this:

My friend was due to have her operation yesterday but it was cancelled. The hospital rang her the day before to tell her to ring at 10am to see if they had a bed for her. She rang and they said that they would ring her back, which they did in the afternoon to say that no beds were available. The operation has been put back another 2 weeks!

This is now 3 months from her original diagnosis of bladder cancer :(

The whole NHS is run on a needs basis. So if it's not urgent you may wait longer, obviousley transplants are a different thing all together, but some forms of cancer are not as fast spreading as others.

The mortality rates in the NHS are extreamly good for national health care.

I know people don't beleive it, but the NHS works. We have some of the greatest people working extreamly hard for us in the NHS and people should not be as fast to knock something we are very lucky to have.

What hospital is this Ally?

I had thyroid cancer. From me finding the lump in my neck till the first op was 6 months, then when cancer was discovered I was left waiting a further 10 months to have the rest of my thyroid removed. When they removed the rest of my thyroid it was found to have cancer in it. However, thyroid cancer is extremely slow growing so although the wait between ops seemed incredibly long my surgeon reassured me that I wasn't going to alter my long term prognosis at all.
Maybe this is the case with your friend?

I had my ops at the Hallamshire and have nothing but praise for the people who looked after me.
Has your friend's consultant not told her exactly what the score is for her type of cancer?

I hope she manages to get her op soon though.

Originally posted by karenjane39
What hospital is this Ally?

I had thyroid cancer. From me finding the lump in my neck till the first op was 6 months, then when cancer was discovered I was left waiting a further 10 months to have the rest of my thyroid removed. When they removed the rest of my thyroid it was found to have cancer in it. However, thyroid cancer is extremely slow growing so although the wait between ops seemed incredibly long my surgeon reassured me that I wasn't going to alter my long term prognosis at all.
Maybe this is the case with your friend?

I had my ops at the Hallamshire and have nothing but praise for the people who looked after me.
Has your friend's consultant not told her exactly what the score is for her type of cancer?

I hope she manages to get her op soon though.

She is under Hallamshire aswell. She was told that it was also a slow growing cancer. Nevertheless, her husband offered to pay for the operation but was told that as she was a priority he wouldn't need to. She isn't coping with the situation very well so you can imagine her dissapointment to have the operation cancelled.

Glad to hear your treatment went well. Let's just hope my friend has the same positive things to say aswell.