Thanks to the DVT I now have to wear stockings for a couple of years. Thankfully they are of the "below knee" variety so really are just long socks. When you are first diagnosed with a DVT you are told that starting to wear stockings within the first 2 weeks of the DVT is important as it reduces damage to the valves in the veins, any longer and long term damage can set in. So it is a little disappointing to find that it takes the NHS 3-4 weeks to get the stockings for you.
Anyway, the NHS will only provide 1 set of stockings, if you want more then you have to pay for them yourself. Which is fair enough. And as the weather warms up then more than one set seems a good idea. So I rang the supplier today to order some more. The lady at the other end of the phone is very pleasant. Takes my order. Then tells me they will be with me in 2 days. 2 days I say, don't you mean 2 weeks. Gosh no she says, it doesn't take us that long, 2 days.
Can anyone PLEASE explain why therefore it takes the NHS 3 weeks?
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