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X-ray results still not back.

I had some x-rays taken last monday as I have been having some bad back pain and I still have not got the results back. I hope it's nothing serious :frown:

Do they normally take this long?

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ProgressDesired

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It takes about 5-15 minutes, AFAIK to develop an X-Ray photograph.

What makes it take so long is the unnecessary bureaucracy, disorganisation and money wasting at the NHS. However, if I were you I'd call them up and pester them about it.

As for your back pain, it could be many things. You could have just pulled a muscle or something. I hope it turns out OK!

Michael

Reply 2

Napoleonmagnificent

OP

It's been 10 days and my Doctor has still not got them back from the hospital.

Reply 3

elldee

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Yep my brother had xray and came back 3 weeks later...wasn't anything serious.

Reply 4

Rokit

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ProgressDesired

It takes about 5-15 minutes, AFAIK to develop an X-Ray photograph.

What makes it take so long is the unnecessary bureaucracy, disorganisation and money wasting at the NHS. However, if I were you I'd call them up and pester them about it.

As for your back pain, it could be many things. You could have just pulled a muscle or something. I hope it turns out OK!

Michael

Someone is pretty pissed with the NHS :tongue:

Reply 5

tom_tom_tom

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Ooo they can take ages, a radiographer has to look at them, and then possibly a doctor would have to look them over, they could be busy at the moment so i wouldnt stress unduely. Wait another week or so and then phone, if you still havent heard anything. Length of time isnt any indication on anything serious, they have to be as through as the next person. I had a scan and it took 4 weeks to get the results back which was irratating but something that happens :smile:

Reply 6

Anonymous #1

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It takes about 5-15 minutes, AFAIK to develop an X-Ray photograph.

What makes it take so long is the unnecessary bureaucracy, disorganisation and money wasting at the NHS. However, if I were you I'd call them up and pester them about it.

As for your back pain, it could be many things. You could have just pulled a muscle or something. I hope it turns out OK!

Michael

This post is ridiculous I am a radiographer and its nothing u talk about that takes a while to get results!!! dont write about stuff u dont no about!!

For a start its not a photograph, secondly its done digitally so its not developed. Once the xrays have been taken they have to be sent through on to a list of which a radiologist (a specialist doctor) will report on it. This may take a while depending on how much has come in at that time, and whilst to you an xray on your back seems extremly important back pain in the whole scheme of things is not urgent and so ur xrays wouldnt have skipped the que. The report from the radiologist then gets sent 2 ur doc. you must remember these doctors are extremly busy themselves.

OP to ease your mind whilst a radiographer cant make a definitive diagnosis if something alarming ahd come up on ur images they would c this and put urs through as urgent so i shouldnt worry too much that results arent back yet its prob just bad in the area you live atm

Reply 7

Napoleonmagnificent

OP

So the time it is taking does not mean it is something serious?

Reply 8

Anonymous #1

nope, 2be honest the fact its taken longer should be less worrying

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Anonymous

This post is ridiculous I am a radiographer and its nothing u talk about that takes a while to get results!!! dont write about stuff u dont no about!!

If you're talking about time it takes to get both the photograph and the write-up, then yes, it does take slightly longer. But the time it takes to see the X-Ray is much shorter - when I had an X-Ray done recently it took two days to get both, but the XRay itself was "developed" (or whatever) in 10 minutes or so. And at the dentists' you can see them on the computer screen almost straight away. Oh and also whether the X Ray is developed or not does depend on the technology you're using, no? Don't they have that X-Ray film or something in older machines?

But I agree with you regarding OPs case. They probably had a very minor look through it before they put it in the "To Do in Two Months or less" pile to make sure there wasn't anything serious so the fact that they're taking so long is probably a good sign... but you never know. Is the back pain still there or all gone now?

Michael

Reply 10

joebaldwin

I've damaged my back and they think it could be something like scoliosis or i have slipped a disc, and im going for an x ray tomorow after school. How long do the results take to come back because the doctor told me to do no sport until the results come back but i have a rugby tour, england rowing training and county basketball training in the next 3 weeks so what do i do? Joe

Reply 11

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joebaldwin

I've damaged my back and they think it could be something like scoliosis or i have slipped a disc, and im going for an x ray tomorow after school. How long do the results take to come back because the doctor told me to do no sport until the results come back but i have a rugby tour, england rowing training and county basketball training in the next 3 weeks so what do i do? Joe

I'd wait for the X-Ray results TBH. Is bouncing a ball around really more important to you than such an important part of your health?

Michael

Reply 12

InArduisFouette

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Napoleonmagnificent

It's been 10 days and my Doctor has still not got them back from the hospital.

your doctor is unlikely to ever see the films , if indeed it was shot on film in the first place rather than a DR plate and the images saved on a PACS server

if there was anything hugely obvious on the image the radiographer would have flagged the image for urgent review by a reporting radiographer/ radiologist ...

if there was nothign dreadfully obvious or acute the delay is probably with admin staff typing up the dictated report from the reporting radiographer / radiologist... or in getting the report from admin at the hospital to the GP

Reply 13

username114658

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I had an MRI on my brain and spine to check for tumours. It took 12 months for the results to come back. Welcome to the NHS.

Reply 14

bazzyoo21

If you take an animal to the vet, the results are available immediately, same if you have a dental xray.... the reason the NHS takes so long is that there is no crossing the palm with silver involved, you have already paid a lot of money over many years in advance for the service

Reply 15

moonkatt

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Original post by bazzyoo21

If you take an animal to the vet, the results are available immediately, same if you have a dental xray.... the reason the NHS takes so long is that there is no crossing the palm with silver involved, you have already paid a lot of money over many years in advance for the service

They've probably had the results of their X-ray by now, this thread's almost six years old.

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