trying not to be scared

Hello, I'm new to this but need to do something! Going out of my head with fear, my daughter, after an xray, was told she has a shadow on her lung. She was then  told she has to wait another 4 weeks for another xray, that will be next week. Why is there such a long wait??  I'm trying to stay strong for her but I am just terrified. If they say another long wait for scans etc, I'm going to look into going private, does anybody out there know how I would go about doing that. Thank you for your help

  • Hi and sorry to hear your stress about yr daughter. It is a worry and you have my every sympathy. You need to find a private clinic that has the ability to do the scan required. Phone about and you will find them. Their receptionist will explain the costs and procedures. The hospital dept yr daughter is with needs to email the private clinic authorising the scan and saying what is required (there are many types of scan) - then get the scan done and they will email the results back to the hospital. The whole business will take just a few days. At the mo. the NHS is overloaded with scan demands and patients. Good luck - lets hope the scan shows benign

    Brighteyes