MRI results are available immediately but they need to be looked over by a radiologist and a report written before they can be considered "done". So the delays for results is due to human staffing and urgency. In most private care settings, you can get your results hours after the MRI is done if your oncologist arranges for the radiologist to interpret the results asap. In typical hospitals they say 1-2 weeks which is entirely dependent on how long the radiologist's backlog is.
What I don't understand is that IF her surgeon genuinely cared about her so much and was also concerned about the mess of a treatment protocol (full anesthesia plus days of recovery on unlimited morphine for absolute nothing? How much is that bed costing the NHS? Why is he telling her not to go private?) then he can easily fast track her case. He just needs to call up the radiologist who he is 100% friends with to take a look at her file. There is a strict hierarchy at hospitals and a surgeon of his status is basically like a god or celebrity. He can get any department to produce anything he wants, but for some reason he's choosing not to.
My husband as been under medical oncology for 4 years. NHS.
In the 4 years he has mainly seen his medical oncologist to discuss scan results and disease progression. Which treatment to try next etc. He has also been referred to a surgeon twice and to radiology for palliative radiation to a problematic met.
It's not Tiffany's surgeons position to chase things up. Results from CT/MRI/PET scans are currently taking anywhere between 1 & 8 weeks to be reported on. Since Covid we have a mass shortage of radiographers to report on scans.
Tiffanys main care provider is her medical oncologist. Her treatment plan is discussed in a MDT meeting where a surgeon, her named cancer support nurse and oncologist meet, alongside a radiographer. Collectively the MDT members form a plan and then consult the patient.
Surgeons perform surgery. If surgery is not an option he will discharge Tiffany from his clinic and Tiffany will then only see her medical oncologist.
When Tiffanys surgeon went to see her on the ward, Tiffany was asking why a biopsy had not been performed and was asking to pay for a biopsy. Remember, Tiffany said it herself, that particular day he was in clinic dealing with patients. He had to face an upset patient on a ward. Surgeons diaries and packed and planned weeks in advance. He can't just drop his other patients and offer to do a biopsy for Tiffany because she is upset. It will be a case of him asking for the scan images to be reviewed and then do a biopsy if necessary. If its already spread, doing a biopsy will be pointless. If scans show no further spread, he will likely reschedule a date to attempt biopsy and take things from there.
At this point in time going private is absolutely pointless. Most NHS doctors also work private too, not all, but many do. At this moment in time many private doctors are advising patients to remain with the NHS because its no faster going private.
Lets face some facts here:
1) Tiffany was offered surgery or an option to watch and wait and defer surgery. Tiffany chose the latter. Tiffany chose the latter knowing disease may spread and would then become inoperable if that was to occur. Tiffanys surgeon laid out the risks and did not sugar coat it.
2) When Tiffany was admitted for her latest biopsy procedure, the admission nurse advised her that the surgeon wasn't going to be doing the biopsy. Tiffany was given a choice to go ahead or wait for her surgeon. A choice was given. Tiffany chose to go ahead with the biopsy knowing full well that it would be a different doctor. Tiffany then put out content saying "I just want to speak to my surgeon and ask why he didn't do it." "It's not fair, I want to speak to my surgeon"
Tiffany chose to proceed on admission, knowing full well her surgeon wasn't going to be doing the biopsy. Why is her surgeon at fault?? Anyone care to explain this?
What! Of course it does. Anyone outside the UK please ask questions but don’t jump to conclusions based on rubbish. The NHS is stretched but still offers an amazing service. We pay through our National insurance but it’s there even for those that dont. I for one am grateful to live in a country with a service like this. It has saved my life twice.
Well said !!!
What we actually pay in national insurance is peanuts in comparison to the cost of the care we receive when we need it.
Whoever said that she made her mum go out and stand so she could plug in her merch - you are so right. I had to slow it down but her mum is just standing there and then Tiffany talks and waves her in as a cue. Usually, when her mum comes she has a bag with her. I feel sorry that her mum is roped into this mess.
If any of my family was in the hospital, taking up a hospital bed, attached to a morphine pump and vomiting. I arrive and they switch on a camera to blog and show my T.Shirt? I'd be having a quiet word with them.
When I was in the hospital for my hysterectomy I had a morphine pump attached and needed to be sick. The nurse explained it was the morphine causing the vomiting and took the morphine away. The vomiting stopped.
I see many comments from worried folk pointing out that Tiffany feels sick a lot and doesn't eat much, feels tired a lot. That's the effects of morphine which she takes. Oramorphe.
Morphine puts the bowel and digestive system to sleep. Vomiting is a sign of taking too much morphine.
oh gawd it bothered me too! ,Maybe dry mouth.
Haha. My husbands tumours require Oramorphe from time to time. Oramorphe causes the dry mouth and white spit yep. Husband is aware of it himself so deals with it. If he was recording and uploading videos I would be telling him to wash his face first