How long is a normal wait for RP (robotic)

I was diagnosed on the 7th of Jan, meeting with surgeon on the 4th March, surgery 10th of May.

Im in Scotland, which hopefully shouldnt make a difference.

Hope this helps Don.

Jamie

Thank you . Good luck with the surgery .

Hi there  . I don't think anything stopped the clock . It just took so long to get the scans done and the results in . I honestly think that it would have been 10 to 12 months if I hadn't complained about the scan times and how long the results were taking to come back. Then last week once everything was in they mentioned December or January which would have meant an 8 to 9 month wait . 

To be quite truthful , I feel traumatised my it all. Most of the last 4 months have been spent chasing doctors , hospitals and radiology departments instead of processing what prostate cancer means ! 

We are in Wales if this makes any difference . I have a feeling we only have 1 robotic machine .Which absolutely stinks when you think about it .

I'm actually considering going to the papers about this whole escapade , as it just seems so unfair .If we weren't proactive (which not everyone is ) I would imagine people are waiting well over 6 months .

To top it all 2 local MP's have come out quite vocally in the press just yesterday and have said how wonderful the NHS has been. So unless I'm living in a parallel  universe something has gone dramatically wrong . 

By the way , I'm not disparaging the NHS workers and doctors , they are amazing .Just the situation. Many of the people I have contacted to hurry the process up have said how awful it all is .

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I’m going to try to get hold of them  Monday , if I dint get any luck I’m going to contact Wales online , as they were the ones who reported both the MP’s stories this week . By the way , I’m glad they are doing well and recovering . I just want to be in an even playing field with other people . When I mentioned to them about already being in the system for so long , they said I still have to wait my turn , but that means some  people in Wales who are lucky enough to get their scans done in a timely manner get it done quick , and the unlucky ones who are in an area where there is shocking que’s have to wait even longer . I’m sorry but Wales is in a right state with the NHS and nobody is kicking up a fuss  about it . Who would know unless we are in this position that we have so much prostate cancer sufferers and yet compared to England hardly any robotic surgeons , and I’m not sure how many Robotic machines , is it one or two . 

I can see that if there are few da Vinci machines locally, and hence few surgeons with that expertise, that you may have to wait your turn - but it may be you could get treated quicker by open surgery.

I’m in south east England, received my diagnosis on 21st May 2022, Gleason 7 (3+4) T2c. Five days later I elected to have RARP and was surprised to be given a date for surgery of 15th June, three weeks later. The surgery went well and the post-op diagnosis was upgraded to 4+3. Seven months seems too long, hope this helps.

Tony

Thank you for the reply , I hope you have recovered quickly . I have decided on robotic surgery , so will stick to this , as this was decided quite a while ago . Understand where your coming from though .