Received results ofor CT scan this week. Not sure if I should be concerned or not.

Thank you for your reply John. I just wish the specialist was more specific. What does significant mean?

I thnk it means quite a lot but not really bad ? i have not seen lung specialist only nurse for lung function tests, but when you ask questions it's like trying to get blood out of a stone.

It is John. You either get medical terms which need to be translated or vague statements. I visited my GP and asked home if I needed to worry. He asked why I needed to know as it would not change anything and the treatment would remain the same.

If you have your lung function results they will give you a good indication. Unfortunately, I didn't ask for mine.

yes i have mine 2 lot's from 2 tests over 6 months last one it had improved which is good. when i asked my doctor about it he said don't worry you will die of something else before that gets you ? since then he's sent me to hospital for prostate problems but hospital said it's fine ? now got to go with my tongue again next week. it's one thing after another drives me mad.

It sounds like any improvement is good news. Thank you for your advice.

Well not sure i give any advice to help you really, I know you said you never got your lung function results but you can ask for them anytime you want ? i keep records of everything i do and also record all my conversations at appointments with the nurse and doctors so i can listen to them after because i always forget what they said.

I have never thought of asking for my results before. Unfortunately, I would still need them to be translated. It's all just numbers to me. I know the Doctor was using the test results more than the scan results to aid his diagnosis. I know my FEV1 was 179 but it should be scored as a % and I don't know what that is.

When you get the results you can this checker below, just put the numbers in and it give you all the information you need. My FEV1 was 3.24 but you need the others to check it.

https://patient.info/doctor/spirometry-calculator

I will call the surgery on Monday and request a print out of the results. Thank you for the link.

No worries glad i ould help, your doctor seems a bit usless you need to be firm and tell him he want to know your not a child. Or even better get online access to your records like i have.

Are you in UK

I know, I am too soft. They always seem toof busy and in a hurry.

Did you get your results and check them ?

Hi there. It is nice of you to ask.

I did telephone the hospital and was told by the Secretary that she could not give me them but she would send them to my GP. I now have to wait a week or so.

I think I have passed the worrying stage now and am thinking that if I was that bad, I would have been told by now.

Thank you for your intetest though.

I have never had any lung function tests at hospital, all mine have been done at the doctors.