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so my rd office calls and says the lab put your blood in the wrong color cap and we need your blood work asap so you have to go back and get it drawn like now..

so one im kinda mad and 2 kinda worried why the doc said get his bloodwork done like now.

uggg I knew i should not have gone to this lab station for some reason..... good griefffffffffff

this is what happens when your hospital has so many different lab stations or collecting stations... they have like 22 here

hey for the nurses here isn't that like a major screwup? how do you screw up a blood draw?????

ugggggggggggggggg damn humans lol

and I hate needles tooo crap

Deep breaths, deep breaths, Mark.

I know this is frustrating and annoying, I would be annoyed too. But we damn humans do make mistakes now and then, don't we? LOL I'll bet you could even think of at least once when you have made a mistake, now can't you? I wouldn't call this a MAJOR screwup, and at least it is easily fixed.

Good luck - close your eyes!

Hillhoney39106.5181481481don't get yourself too worked up and feel worse that before. i know it is not easy , i don't like needles either but they didn't do it on purpose. they probably feel just as bad as you are angery.

well I was not that upset I worked at a hospital so I know things happen

so they called back and said wait dont get more blood yet... then they called back and said yes you'll have to get more blood taken.. gooodnessssss

I quess this blood test is not done often and the lab folks are not used to doing it I have never heard of this bla-12 test? I had heard of ccp.

no biggie but I will call the docs office and say ok exactly where do you want me to get this blood taken ?

Are you sure it's not HLA-B27? The HBA-B27 is a genetic marker in the blood that shows you're susceptible to certain arthritic conditions, in this case specifically AS. Having that particular marker does not mean you have AS, only that is genetically possible.

Maybe if it is some kind of genetic blood test it might require special handling. A lot of labs might not be equipped to handle that.

yup thats the one the hla b27

and the ccp

Geesh! Well we are all human for some odd reason but it does get frustrating doesn;t it? I have had to run back in ( a 30 minute drive) too redo a chest xray.

At least your Dr. cares enough to notify you right away..chill...if something si wrong all that is is knowledge.......that is why we go to Dr., to learn more about what our problem is. Knowledge is a good thing even if the test results are not that great.

Shame on the LAB though! SHAME SHAME ON THE LAB!

I'm so sorry Mark as I know it is hard enough to be sick and then have to re-do tests. Hang in there.Many labs make it a practice to draw what they call a rainbow. They draw
several different tubes in case a doctor calls them and wants additional labs.
This saves the patient an unnecessary poke. Yes, the lab person who drew
should have known the color of the tube before they drew the blood. It was
a bonehead thing to do.

so i called early today so I could find out exactly where to go and The office does not open till 1;15 pm on thursdays..

yup a dr's life

if only my health didnt take a turn like this I could have done that someday but I'll be happy to just not hurt anymore or go back to thinking about stuff like how many times can i get to the gym.

I know it is frustrating. Just be thankful it was only a blood draw they screwed up on . My dad (six years ago) had to have a liver biospy done twice because they lost the first one. Talk about being p*%$Ed off. They knew my dad and sisters and I were ticked.

I was talking to my husband the other night. He is a manager at a auto glass shop that has a lifetime guarantee on the windsheild installation. If the window leaks just bring it back and they fix it for free. We should have something like that in the medical field.

SO are they gonna charge you for a second blood draw?

RUT ROW!!! I'm stirring up the fire.......lol

Good luck Mark

they better not plus they are turning this into a major pain called today and nope the doc is not there till tomorrow staff memebers are so useless.. sorry medical office staffers but you cant think without the docs ok..