Hi, not sure if it’s OK to post because I’m not living in the Uk at the moment…don’t want you to think I’m one of those health tourists you read about in the papers! I had a biopsy 2 days ago & have to wait 2 weeks for result. It was scary because I am not confident in the language here & felt like a piece of meat. Nothing was explained except phone us in 2 weeks for your result. I came home & Googled the name I found on the payment receipt for my procedure. It said VACORA. i think I understand what they did now and what calcifications are. There isn’t a contact number to ask them about my queries. Would you mind if I ask you?
- I took off the dressing today which was very itchy. Red raised welts where the adhesive tapes were & 10cm away from the puncture wound a 1 cm raised blister full of fluid. I’m assuming this is just an allergic reaction to the adhesive? The puncture wound started to bleed so i put a plaster on it. Is that Ok?
- I went for the biopsy because they said calcifications had changed since my original mammogram where they were present. They forgot to recall me after that initial mammogram so I called them
I shouldn’t have left it but I didn’t know anything suspicious was on the original mammogram. I had the 2nd mammogram done the day before I went back to England to see my son. They called me while I was in England to come back to see the doctor but I had to wait 2 weeks before I flew back, saw the doctor the next day & he wanted a biopsy the very next day. I’m panicking that it must therefore be serious. They wouldn’t answer my questions then or at the biopsy. I’m now feeling I won’t trust the result they give me good or bad. i was seen at a "government"hospital but I still had to pay because it’s means tested. I have private medical insurance here but it doesn’t cover everything and I know it’s a bit unprofessional here & twice already I’ve paid for unecessary procedures not realising at the time. So you can understand why I feel like I don’t trust them!! I have tried to educate myself using the internet but still feeling unclear.
- sooooo is it possible to come back to England for a private appointment to sort this out? Can you recommend anyone & roughly what might it cost? I’m not entitled to NHS treatment any more because I’m living (in the EU) abroad. I don’t want to say where i am cos this place is so small I don’t want people to know. The irony is we had planned to go home to England this year but the financial crisis meant we can’t sell our house so we are stuck here. I’m 58 BTW. I’m trying hard to be calm. People say waiting for the results is the worse part but I feel getting the results will be the worst part because I won’t know if i can trust them. This makes me sound paranoid, doesn’t it!!!
Thanks