What should I do if my ultrasound wasnt long enough?

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So I had an ultrasound today. It was an abdominal one and she 'checked' my kidneys, gallbladder, pancreas, liver and spleen. I also mentioned a specific thing about my pulse (she said it was normal to feel it, and I agree, but she still looked and spent two seconds on it and said 'theres your aorta' and then moved on).

I was told on the letter that it would take about 15-20 minutes or so.

Ive checked the exact timings on Life360, and we arrived at 17:13, and we left at 17:24. Now this includes us getting lost for a minute or so because one door was locked and we actually needed to be around the back of this clinic building, and it includes crossing the road because we parked across the wrong side of the road. And of course the walk back to the car (I checked my phone as I left and it was 17:22, so its about a 2 min was from the building to where we parked).

This also includes the time I took to sign in and confirm my D.O.B and name, get into position, all of that stuff.

What the hell do I do? Theres surely no way that she even checked anything because less than 5 minutes is insane for an ultrasound of all those organs...

Ive had echocardiograms before and theyve always taken like 20 minutes just to check one half of my heart, and everyone's always been so professional and taken their times with the photos, but this woman literally took like 5 photos immediately after each other then switched to another organ.. I dont see how she could've even taken clear photos..

Do I just wait until my GP phones with my results and tell him then? Or like.. what do I do? 😅

Posted Mar 14, 2026, 12:28 AM UTC

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