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PET Scan

Hello all you lovely people.

I have finally found a way out of Kazakhstan unfortunately I am going back to Saudi Arabia😂 - frying pan and fire spring to mind.

So anyway)) before I left there last time I promised my pulmonologist that I would get a PET Scan so I guess I had better do it. My question is does anyone here know a place that I can get one privately (No NHS support as I am non domiciled no resident so outside the system still)

Not worried about where in the country it is just needs to be available at short notice and reasonably good.

I have been following the forum since my last post but that was some time ago and I am glad that you are all still here, with a few exceptions for which I am true my sorry, it is hard at times to see people that we come to think are invincible pass away after long hard fights.

I hope with all my heart and soul that all of us keep going for many years to come because you all deserve it for being such supportive and caring people.

Andrew

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Hi Andy, I am pleased you are taking the PET Scan promise seriously, there is a reason for this, as you probably already know.

All 3 of my PET Scans were done under a privately supplied NHS contract. The name of the company is Alliance Medical, the UK phone number of their Patient Management Center is 0845 045 0103.

alliancemedical.co.uk/

I really hope that gives you a starting point.

Many thanks - I will give them a call - I will probably be back in the UK in 2 or 3 weeks and will probably not have much time so need to get the ball rolling so I don't miss out on it.

I hope your little problems are keeping at bay - it does not seem to have dulled your thirst for knowledge👍

The day I stop learning will be my boxing day.

Well good ,morning Andy I wondered where in the world you were. Pleased your still upright and breathing, as I am, just ticking along with the news that I have an enlarged heart as well as the empheseyma. Well, I take it your in the u.k. now and Bupa hospitals do scans privately. I just rang one for an appt. Good luck. Jane

Thanks Jane.

Not back just yet another couple or 3 weeks and then run around before I fly out to Riyadh.

Bupa may be an option - along with Alliance Medical that O2 has mentioned. I will try several (all I can find) to see who has the capacity to fit me in in October.

Hi Andy, I think you are right having a private PET scan because you can choose the date. I do think that you should check on your eligibility for NHS treatment. If you are a British citizen you are entitled to NHS treatment even if you are non domiciled. My husband who was a British citizen but for complicated reasons was non domiciled still had all of his treatment on the NHS. He did own a property here though and I don’t know if that is important. Worth checking. I hope that the scan helps you to get more effective treatment and good luck in Saudi.

You could try looking up private hospitals in the areas useful to you. I used to use St Antony's in Sutton and there is a Nuffield - possibly a national chain. Good luck, P

Hi Andy yes it's been a very bad year for losing loved members on here, and I too hope we all live for many more years.

Sorry I can't help with your question but do wish you all the best. x

Hi, disregarding your Nhs entitlement i am not sure that you would get one done in the Nhs unless you had a specific diagnosis and an obvious tumour that needed investigating to check if it displayed cancerous indications.

i think any large private facility with a scanner would gladly take your money at the drop of a hat and i have given you a link to one i found within 2 mins search of the net.i chose London in case you were flying to Heathrow?

bupacromwellhospital.com/se...

regards Ski's

Many thanks Ski's and you are correct I will be flying to Heathrow and companies will readily take anyone's money😀

My old doctor in the middle East told me to get one to make sure that the CT found nodules are checked.

The problem with the NHS is that I am not here long enough for any doctor to let me on the books and my old doctor in Northamptonshire threw me off because I did not visit for over 6mths😊. So a bit stuck for options and I would prefer to check things checked now rather than wait for Saudi again.

Many thanks again to all

Andrew

Nice to hear from you Andy. Good news about leaving Kazakhstan; not so good news about going back to Saudi. Still sounds as though its the lesser of two evils overall. Good luck with your scans and your move x

Hi Andy

Glad you are out Kazakhstan.

I know the Royal Brompton Hospital on Fulham rd has a private patient department. Check their website.

Good luck with your results.

Take good care of yourself x

Fran

Hi Andy,

I am surprised to read you are heading back to Saudi. 😀 I'm sorry I can't help with your question but I wanted to say hello and I hope you are doing okay. Take care.

Cas xx 🍃