1 /5 Catherine !: I scheduled my annual for a Monday, because I donāt work Mondays. When I got home I realized that no bloodwork had been drawn at my appointment. I messaged the nurse, asking for an FSH test. At the time I still wasnāt sure if bloodwork was supposed to have been drawn, and I had forgotten to ask the doctor for an FSH test during my appointment. The nurse responded by saying that she was away when my appointment was over, and had the doctor mentioned any other bloodwork? The doctor had not, so they scheduled me to come in for the one test I requested on a Friday. When I went in that Friday, I still thought that maybe the doctor would add a full work up to the one test I requested, and I asked the phlebotomist if I was only being tested for one thing, or if it was a full panel. She said it was just the test I requested, so I left as little confused and frustrated. When my visit summary was made available online, it listed bloodwork for blood sugar as well as a lipid panel as work that had been done at my annual. I again messaged the nurse, asking if I was missing something, since it looked like bloodwork was supposed to have been done. She replied by saying that the doctor didnāt order bloodwork because I requested just one specific test, and nothing else. This was really frustrating- I hadnāt remembered to ask the doctor about that test during my appointment, and had only spoken to the nurse, Austin, about it. I pushed further, asking why two two different blood panels were listed on my visit summary. This time the doctor wrote back, saying that those were auto-populated fields in the form, that if I wanted bloodwork done I could come in and have it, that bloodwork is usually done as part of an annual exam, but that her notes indicated I had been offered bloodwork but declined because I didnāt want to go to work after having given blood. I donāt know why I would have said this on a day I was off work. I also donāt know why I would be going into work at noon, given that my call time at work is between 4-5 am. I responded that I did not refuse bloodwork, and that I would like it. So much time had lapsed since my appointment that my insurance would no longer cover bloodwork at MWC as part of my annual. My insurance will cover bloodwork any other time of year at a specific lab called Quest Lab, so now, in order to have my bloodwork done, I have to pick up the order for the bloodwork and drive all the way to the Quest Lab in Odessa to have it done. Yesterday I went in to pick up my labs. Instead of having them printed out, Austin handed me a handwritten order for labs. When I asked her to confirm that my bloodwork had just been forgotten, she responded by saying āI donāt know! But maybe itās better since your insurance wonāt cover it anyway!ā I told her my insurance does cover labs as part of my annual exam, so she said āwait a second,ā and turned to get help from Missy who does the scheduling. Missy was in the middle of a conversation with another patient, so I sat and waited while that conversation came to an end, about five to ten minutes- long enough that the office staff began to ask if I was being helped. Austin asked how long a patient has to get bloodwork done āif they donāt have it done at their appointment.ā I interjected here that I HAD wanted it done, but no one listened to me. Missy said it varies insurance to insurance, and that Iād have to call mine. Satisfied, Austin stood up and told me āSORRY GIRLāŗļøā. I had to turn around and leave. I was so emotional. When I called later to complain, the phone was handed to Missy. I love Missy, and sheās no doubt a valued member of the team at MWC, but the best she could do for me was to get the manager to ājust this one timeā remove any cost to me to have the labs drawn at MWC. She also changed my provider, which was weird because I never asked for that. Iām now looking for a new doctor as I experience unscheduled bleeding.