Hi

Anxiety is up once more, my mum has a shadow on the lung and will be referred to the chest specialist team.

I'm confused about two things and wondering if anyone has any more experience on this.

1) It took 3 weeks for her chest x-ray result to come back, she was told it would take 2, so when she didn't hear she thought it must be clear. Then her GP called
and asked to see her. I thought we had a 'pathway' in the UK whereby x-rays were reviewed quickly and results given within 24 hours if they look suspicious? And if so could it be that mum's shadow doesn't look really urgent, but still needs investigation.

Not looking for false reassurance, just clarity really.

2) The other thing was when I asked the doctor if she thought it was worth us organising a private CT scan in the next day or two, she said a CT scan might not
be needed. I'm confused by this because a CT is the only test that I know of that would follow a chest x-ray with a shadow.

Anyone with experience of this? I'm not expecting people to say everything's ok, because we don't know until further tests, but just concerned at the amount of time that's passed. Also wondering if that means she was put in the less urgent pile.

I have been told it could be part of the horrible lung infection she's had, which we all had and lasted weeks. Just confused about the protocol and that 3 weeks went by before she was called. Thanks for any thoughts.