Thanks Everyone

[Brears]

Many Thanks to all those we have replied to my recent post.Im feeling more comfortable with 2 mg joint pains more bearable.Ive been into the surgery regarding Scan results and being told 6 months or more is normal.Ive also tried to phone the department but still haven’t got through to the hospital.I will continue trying.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Ive been into the surgery regarding Scan results and being told 6 months or more is normal…

Rubbish - someone is telling porkies…

If you can’t get satisfaction from appropriate department then write to PALS at hospital.

[Brears in reply to DorsetLady]

Thanks for the info I will a relation had the same Scan at another hospital in our region and got hers within a month.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Brears]

Which is how it should be. Six months is a piece of nonsense.

[HeronNS]

The only way I got my results was I happened to mention my difficulties to an acquaintance who was somehow in the know - she used to work in that hospital. She gave me a name. I don't know how you'd go about getting the right name. In my case I'd tried calling what I believed was the relevant department but they simply didn't refer me on to the individual who could help me. This is pre-covid in a different country, however.... Before that I was preparing to try to get my own medical record via Freedom of Information legislation! It was totally absurd. The second scan the following year if I remember correctly, now knowing the potential roadblocks, I had to have a letter from my GP asking that she be sent the complete record, not just the much less informative summary she'd got the year before. This meant in the end I got complete record, including images for both scans I'd had, which is far more information than patients normally receive where I live. 😲

[piglette]

What sort of scan was it? A problem seems to be getting radiologists to look at the scans. I had one where the radiologist was in Malta and the other the person was in Australia. NHS farming it out.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to piglette]

There is some logic in the Oz contract - they work overnight while NHS ones are asleep ...

[piglette in reply to PMRpro]

In my case it was ready the next day from Oz. I am not sure it is based on logic though but where they can get stuff done.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to piglette]

No, no - there was some logic in that contract. Malta - they speak English and work at the same time as the NHS!

[piglette in reply to PMRpro]

That us true, they don’t have to translate the report into English and thus need two people to be involved.

[Bcol]

I'll be polite and say "piffle" to the 6th months is normal comment.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Bcol]

How restrained ...

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

unlike some people…😳🤣😂

[Bcol in reply to PMRpro]

Still only had half a glass of wine!!!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Bcol]

some of us don’t need any wine to speak our minds !

[Bcol in reply to DorsetLady]

Well I could up it to "what a load of bl...y nonsense" if you prefer.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Bcol]

Wouldn’t worry me - but then I was married to a serving soldier for many a year and worked in that environment for long time - but others may be more sensitive. 😊

but I did read between the lines….

[Flivoless in reply to Bcol]

My Grandfather - yes we are going back a long way - used the term baldycocks for such matters. Never heard anyone else use it.

[Bridge31 in reply to Flivoless]

sounds like a cross between balderdash and poppycock 😄