CT scan and inhalers

[MrsP70]

Hi everyone, after waiting for 5 weeks for the results of my CT scan I Emailed the Lung check people. I received a prompt reply they couldn’t understand why I hadn’t got them as they had sent the letter out 4 days after my scan on the 16th of May!

I have a small nodule which isn’t anything to worry about but I will be having another scan in three months time…so no emphysema or other stuff has shown up which is great news.

I am trying a new inhaler instead of the Trimbow it’s Fostair and so far so good ,breathing a lot better and walking faster , still coughing a few times but the horrible hacking cough I had with the Trimbow is subsiding .

At the moment all seems very well 😊

❤️Sandra

[sassy59]

That’s not good having to wait so long for CT scan results. I hope you continue to do well and the next scan will be fine. Xxx

[peege]

So glad you took the initiative to find out your results for yourself. Good luck with the Fostair, for me it's been utterly brilliant !

[Nula2]

Hi, my GP tried to swap me from Fostairs to Trimbow (even though my specialist said it's not recommended for Bronchiectasis). Couldn't get on with it at all so I asked to be put back on Fostairs, luckily they agreed. Pleased it suits you too and good news about your scan results🙂👍xxx

[Alberta56]

It's good that you have received 2 positive bits of news. i hope the Fostairs will prove really useful for you. xxx

[kev60]

hi, I think it can be a post code lottery when it comes to results. I was sent for a chest x-ray in January this year and they told me results would be in in 7-10 days after that I spoke with my GP practice and they told me 2 weeks so I waited nothing came so called the radiology department and they told me as it was ordered as standard x-ray it would be 6 weeks, after 9 weeks my practice got the results and put satisfactory no action required when I asked what that meant they said my lungs were clear still don’t get it as I have emphysema with holes top, bottom and rear of lungs. But as the doctor is not worried I decided that I would not worry about it either. Good luck. Kevin

[katieoxo60]

Hi MrsP70, stick with it if you have found one that does not make you cough. Ct scans only usually take 10 days at maximum for results, the waiting time for a scan is often long. Good luck now things are clearer

[watergazer]

Great results for you. I’m on fostair and I find it helps. I wonder what happened to your results though? My husband is still waiting for a parcel to be delivered by Royal Mail - around 3 months ! We think someone somewhere nabbed it as it was special beer. He did get a replacement which was sent by courier x

[MrsP70 in reply to watergazer]

Don’t know but I worried unnecessary for 5 weeks …thought I might have lung cancer.

[watergazer in reply to MrsP70]

Yes don’t we imagine the worst? X

[Patk1]

Always gd to get gd news x