CAT scan

tru

What happens with the results? Do you have to wait for them to be posted to the GP, or do you find out straight away?

Thanks

JimArnold

The pictures are done instantly but the interpretation can take a few days for the consultant radiologist to look at them.

Bossyboots

When I had my bone scan I was told that it would take two weeks for the results to be sent to the doctor making the referral.

tru

Wow. The scan was done sometime in the last 2 hours, got the results already

elvis_bloggs

troo wrote:

Wow. The scan was done sometime in the last 2 hours, got the results already

Well !!!..... is it good news or bad.??

tru

elvis_bloggs wrote:

Well !!!..... is it good news or bad.??

Not sure yet. My son was with his mate down the forest on their stunt bikes. Son did a jump, landed wrong and fell on his shoulder and the side of his head. When his mate's parents dropped him off, they told me what had happened so hubby took him to hospital. He had the scan, there's no blood clots or anything but they think there's a fracture, hubby is getting hold of mates parents to see if there's any little details they can remember about the fall. Just as well he had a helmet on.

Quackers

troo wrote:

Not sure yet. My son was with his mate down the forest on their stunt bikes. Son did a jump, landed wrong and fell on his shoulder and the side of his head. When his mate's parents dropped him off, they told me what had happened so hubby took him to hospital. He had the scan, there's no blood clots or anything but they think there's a fracture, hubby is getting hold of mates parents to see if there's any little details they can remember about the fall. Just as well he had a helmet on.

Ouch! Hope he's ok Troo xx

tru

He's home :j


If there's a fracture, it's so small they can't do anything with it (it's a tiny, tiny mark on the scan pic so may not even be a fracture). He has slight bruising on his brain, and short-term memory loss, he keeps asking the same thing every few minutes :rolleyes: We've got to wake him up in the night to make sure he's ok and he's not allowed out til monday. And he still allowed to do his work experience next week.

Thanks all :T

Bossyboots

troo wrote:

He's home :j


If there's a fracture, it's so small they can't do anything with it (it's a tiny, tiny mark on the scan pic so may not even be a fracture). He has slight bruising on his brain, and short-term memory loss, he keeps asking the same thing every few minutes :rolleyes: We've got to wake him up in the night to make sure he's ok and he's not allowed out til monday. And he still allowed to do his work experience next week.

Thanks all :T

What a frightening experience for you all. Hope everything is okay.

In an emergency, as you have found out, the results are looked at straightaway. It is on "routine" scans that you have to wait for the results.

Bossyboots

troo, hope you all had a good night and that everything is okay.

tru

Yes everything's ok, his wrist is sore (he sprained it) and his shoulder and knee hurt a bit (grazes) but his head is fine apart from a slight headache. He's moaning that we won't let him out today :rolleyes:


Thanks :A