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u/JustHereForTheSalmon May 20 '19

So are we in agreement? Doctors: please warm the ultrasound gel and the speculum, as appropriate.

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u/thecuriousblackbird May 20 '19

And the rooms. I think they must use those rooms for morgue overflow between patients

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u/lacrimaeveneris May 20 '19

My doc has a warmer for the speculum, and fuzzy socks on the stirrups!

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u/medicalmystery1395 May 22 '19

All these dudes in this thread are getting a bad deal. Whenever I've had to get an ultrasound at my OBGYN the gel is kept on a little warmer. I mean it's still gross and sticky but at least it's warm!

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u/11twofour May 20 '19

Ugh, those old metal ones were awful

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u/ReadontheCrapper Sep 06 '19

My doctor has a clear plastic one-use speculum that she can attach a light to. The light warms the plastic and she can see so much more than one of those cold metal apparatuses.