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jess71400
jess71400

Hi, I'm just wondering how long the wait normally is for results for MRI scan and what the norm is for receiving them; do you get a letter if it's good or bad news or do they ring you sooner if it's bad news? I had the scan 2 weeks ago and haven't heard anything but when I came out, they said to phone up the hospital a week later, but when I phoned, they said the final report wasn't ready yet, should I be worried? I was also in the scanner for about 45mins altogether and had to have dye into my arm and buscopan. Any information would be helpful as the wait is making me worry!

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  • michellefrankfo
    michellefrankfo jess71400

    Posted

    Does anyone know the reason why after getting my head MRI today the tech then told me he is now going to put a rush on my results? Rather than waiting the 3 weeks he said I should have in 2-3 days... Kinda panicked as to why he wants it looked at so fast
    • debbie59583
      debbie59583 michellefrankfo

      Posted

      Hi Michelle, I wondered how you got on after your scan?  I had my MRI yesterday and exactly the same thing happened.  I have an appointment on Monday and although I'm trying not to worry I am getting anxious.  I hope everything worked out for you.
  • Guest
    Guest jess71400

    Posted

    I've just been told by Wantage Health Centre in OXon that it takes eight weeks to turn around an MRI scan, because the results are outsourced. Mine is nine weeks away and still not arrived.
  • felicity35222
    felicity35222 jess71400

    Posted

    Hi I had a ct scan done on my brain and sinuses two days ago as have had sinusitis and headaches and stiff and sore neck now for past month and been on antibiotics for three weeks and still hasn't gone away plus lots of natural remedies, pain killers, inflammatory medicine, saline nasal spray. Anyway long story short got a call from the doctors today that I have to go in for a non urgent appointment in regards to my ct scan. What do you think this could be? Have also been having gallactorhea too for the first time ever aswell since I have been having this sinusitis the past month. I know obviously only the doctors will know but I can't get in til next monday cause his fully booked so just want to know what non urgent results mean after a ct scan? And I know he said he would only contact me if something came up.
  • kendyk
    kendyk jess71400

    Posted

    HI, also waiting close to 5 weeks for mri results to come back.  

    I found a hard lump in my leg in october last year, which has steadily increased in size - fair to say it's triple sized in the last 6 months, and i'm not sure if it's spread across the back on my knee as well (currently on the inner side of the leg/knee area) or whether this is just the disruption to the surrounding tissue as a result of this lump.    I've had an US, then an x-ray and now the MRI scans done and still no idea what this is - and to be fair, it is quite concerning!!  It's not painful, it doesn't move and it's not soft, which rules out lipomas and cysts, from what I can gather...

    The ortho consultants secretary replied to my voicemail message saying they were still waiting on the results as one of the radiologists were off sick!  I'm not sure if the lack of urgency on this means I should chill a bit as it can't be that concerning if it's taking them this long to forward the results.....hoping it's the case, but to know what it is would make me relax much more!

    Good luck to all - I don't think people really realise how stressful it can be waiting to find out what's going on in your own body...

    x0

    • nic1348
      nic1348 kendyk

      Posted

      Hi, just wondering what your results showed as I have the exact same symptoms as you. Fighting with my GP for tests at the moment as he's diagnosed a lipoma. But like you, it it hard, large and growing which are not characteristic of lipomas.

  • lee00906
    lee00906 jess71400

    Posted

    I'm new but I've been waiting for 5 and a half weeks for a report. The report wasn't ready at 4 weeks and the Nurse was being cagey to say the least. Should I keep trying or just wait?
  • tegan33475
    tegan33475 jess71400

    Posted

    Hope everything goes okay!!! However, on this specific topic, I've been told by my hospital that I have problems with my left ankle, such as; flat foot(club foot), sprained ankle/torn ligament and he navicular bone is dislocated. I went for an MRI scan and just got the letter today, I'm yet to contact the doctor about results... Any help on what'd happen, what'd need to be required for example, would surgery be needed? Also, both my GP and the doctor at the hospital never included physio theropy, so I'm assuming that that wouldn't help x

  • joe57785
    joe57785 jess71400

    Posted

    Hi there, Know that it has been a while since first posting but - just to say - I have a suspected knee cartilage tear and can't do my job, I had a scan 7 weeks ago and still no result??!!  My doc says that they are taking around 14 weeks?  

    My point is - how the heck do they get a backlog of 14 weeks??

     

  • peter64363
    peter64363 jess71400

    Posted

    Thank you to every one above sharing their experiences.

    I had a CT scan which showed up something that needed futher investigation and was booked in for an emergency MRI scan to "put my mind at rest". I had the appointment two weeks later (although I only knew about it when the department phoned me up to check I was coming as I had not received a letter even though they had assured me that one had been sent).

    It wasn't as bad as I thought as being tall and having my stomach/groin area scanned, the top of my head pocked out the end of the tunnel!

    After completion the radiologist asked me when my appointment was, when I told him that I didn't have one he told me to ring if I hadn't heard after two weeks.

    It's been over two weeks (3) and I still haven't heard. My friends and family are all insisting that I ring, as to be honest, even though I know it's probably nothing, I am still quite anxious. However I have no idea who to call as I first saw a consultant who ordered the original set of tests, and then in one of the procedures after the results of the doctor said there was something enlarged on the CT Scan that needed further investigation and he was the one who sent me for an emergency scan.

    • sw1234
      sw1234 peter64363

      Posted

      Hi Peter, it sounds like a lot of us on here are having the same concerns with waiting times. Have you had yours back yet? I hope everything is OK.

      For those reading this page. I had a head mri at a university centre separate to the hospital I was seeing the neurologist. I called up 2 weeks after my scan and the radiologist had sent the report to the hospital in just under 2 weeks. The receptionist informed me that the neurologist was booked in the following week to review the results. This means from my scan it will have been 3 weeks for the results to be reviewed. Is this a quick turnaround or about average? Also how quick will this report be given to my GP?

    • Scotland83930
      Scotland83930 sw1234

      Posted

      Hello , i live in the Glasgow area and have had a head and neck MRI done  in September. Despite at least four calls to the Consultants secetary , still no update after nine weeks.No wonder people start to become anxious.Not sure if these are actually put out to somewhere else to evaluate.If that is the case then you cant even take comfort in the no news is good news way of thinking.
  • sw1234
    sw1234 jess71400

    Posted

    Once you have had your mri scan directed by an neurologist will there be a follow up appointment with the neurologist to discuss your results or do you only get another appointment if they have found something?
  • kaylea96257
    kaylea96257 jess71400

    Posted

    Hi every one,

    My GP referred me to an ear, nose and throat specialist who sent me for a ct scan of the brain, which I had before Christmas! When I was seeing my GP in January completely non related he told me he'd had no results back yet.

    Then today (end of April) I get a letter from the hospital that ordered my scan telling me I have an appointment with them beginning of June.

    Now, I'm not overly worried, but the hospital is an hour and half away from where I live and with current morning sickness I don't fancy making the trip just to be told everything is fine?

    Does anyone know what the standard procedure is? I thought If nothing shows up they tell your GP and then it's a case of no news being good news? But now I'm asked to go for an appointment? but if it was worrying wouldn't it have been quicker? I'm a tad confused 😱 Any ideas welcome

    Kx

  • nic1348
    nic1348 jess71400

    Posted

    Hi, just wondering what your results showed as I have the exact same symptoms as you. Fighting with my GP for tests at the moment as he's diagnosed a lipoma. But like you, it it hard, large and growing which are not characteristic of lipomas.

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