This is unfair, it’s similar to what happened to me back in 2012
I had been referred to an allergy clinic at a big teaching hospital, the appts had been going really well and she was educating me on how to deal with anaphylaxis etc. On my last appt I had a call about an hour before we were due to leave for it (hubby always lost a days pay to come with me) from admin saying the consultant had been in a car accident and the clinic is cancelled. I said how sad I was to hear and hope she makes a full recovery and wait to hear when an appt can be made. Months letter I received a copy of a letter saying I hadn’t attended the clinic therefore I’m removed from the patient list !
And now I reckon I’m heading for similar, I’ve been having treatment at Guys in London and travelling the hour journey by train, alone most of the time, which is a big thing for me. Last year either as lockdown was looming or just started I got an urgent call in the day of my appt to remove stitches to quickly get there as they were closing the clinic due to covid, I said I can’t rush, I live 30mins from the station and I can only catch the scheduled train, 2 every hour. Anyway I got there and had the stitches removed and she said my next op was postponed until Boris says it can reopen. I did a review for her in the summer by text and then she contacted me in Dec offering me an op date the Friday before Xmas, I said I couldn’t because I was babysitting my granddaughter (I’m part of her childcare) so she said she’d fix me in for jan, I explained this was difficult , I had less days free due to work and childcare but also the train timetables were iffy, and I can’t do the underground alone (I am useless at that sort of thing) and please could I be put on the list for feb , she said she would but I’ve not heard from her since. I’m not thrilled at the thought of the surgery and it’s not life threatening so I bet I’m struck off again