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“Ok. Thanks.”

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I had a phone call just now:
“Mr. Brannigan? It’s Sam, secretary to Dr. Davies.”
“Oh, hi.”
“As you know, he’s on holiday but he just asked me to call you about your CT scan, and to tell you that it is clear for lung cancer.”
Silence.
“He says he’ll see you next week, as planned.”
Long pause….. “Ok. Thanks.”
“You’re welcome. Have a good rest of the day.”

I don’t remember much about the next half hour.

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  2. Excellent news. And at least someone called. When my dermatologist had a mole of mine checked, I waited a week beyond when I was told they would call back and had to track his assistant down for an answer. ‘We would have called you if there was any problem’, she said….

  5. Great news.

    I can’t fault the communication between the oncology department I’ve been seen at and me. Regular calls from the specialist nurses asking how I am have been a great help.

  27. Still coughing, tho’? Sorry, no intent to piss on your chips as knowing what it ain’t is brilliant. Let’s hope n/w he tells you what it is. and how to sort it. That will be the, fingers crossed, great news as is this good.
    (And, yeah, as said above, would have been better from the man, but maybe he was telling the news to others less fortunate.)

    • Completely with you, @retropath2 . I’m not having this pain in my chest, coughing, breathless crap for the rest of my life. To be fair to him, he is in Oz, on holiday. He knew that I knew he wasn’t back at work until next Tuesday and so got his secretary to at least put my mind at rest. I will always be grateful for that.

      • Good news! I went through similar a few years ago – didn’t mention it first time round because didn’t want to indulge in alternative diagnosis. In my case it turned out to be COPD (entirely self-inflicted, asthmatic ex-smoker 🙁 ), which is a pisser, but it’s manageable and at least it wasn’t cancer.

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