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Doppler test for varicose veins question

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ItsBlowinAHoolieOut · 08/12/2024 19:40

I'm due to have this done tomorrow. However I've just had an unexpected period start and it's heavy. I'm paranoid about leaking or a pad showing. How high does the doppler go. If it's past shorts length I'd feel more comfortable to cancel for a week or into the NY. If it's just lower legs I'd feel more comfortable
Sorry for the tmi but it's made me anxious about it all now

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LisaJohnsonsFacebookMole · 08/12/2024 19:45

You can't cancel an appointment and add to waiting lists for that. IF you do leak or a pad does show then the doctor isn't going to care. For a start they'll be professional, they are also adults who are aware of periods or may even get them themselves or have a wife who does. Lastly, they are a doctor. They've gone through all the same training of finger-up-bums, vaginal-examinations, cleaning up blood, surprise poo, mucus dribbling messy patient-facing experiences as everyone else. A pad aint gonna register.

Littlefish · 08/12/2024 19:46

My doppler went to my upper thigh. Don't cancel. Go anyway. They won't bat an eyelid.

ItsBlowinAHoolieOut · 08/12/2024 21:47

OK. I won't cancel. The waiting list wasn't long to be honest 2 weeks I've waited . But I shall definitely go. Thank for making me see sense.

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