Labcorp appointments

Scheduled a 3-hour Glucose test at LabCorp on Saturday at Dulles location and tried calling but unable to reach a person. Left a message and no response over a week. Appointment is at 745am and they close at 11am so last blood draw if everything is done on time would be 1045am.
Does anyone know if I should just cancel and save myself a trip so early in the morning, as they may end up turning me away?

I have a scheduled appointment for a drug screen at labcorp. I've been without an appointment before and I had to wait an hour. Are the appointments pretty spot on?

Update: 3/24 Fish results were a true positive. We are waiting for the full karyotype to be 100% sure, but are trying to schedule our TMFR for the day after results are in to prevent needing to travel across multiple states.
Hi all. I’ve found a lot of comfort in this community since we got our abnormal results and wanted to share our journey while we wait for CVS FISH results. It has truly been a roller coaster of emotions over here.
We’ve had a lot of weirdness that I didn’t see in other posts, so I figured I’d share on the off chance someone else is dealing with something similar and wants to feel less alone.
Timeline:
3/10 - Take the NIPT (MaterniT 21) to know baby’s gender at 12+1. I am 32F and not considered high risk.
3/16 - Abnormal NIPT results are loaded in my Labcorp portal at 6AM. - PPV at 73% for Trisomy 21 - Fetal fraction at 9% - Pregnancy listed as Twinsome, which is incorrect. It should be singleton.
I called my OB and they said the results would need to be rerun for a singleton.
3/17 - Abnormal results confirmed, but no change to PPV
3/20 - Anatomy scan with MFM finds normal NT, but absent nasal bone. He is suspicious that the PPV didn’t change from twinsome to singlton and thinks our odds are more accurately in the high 90s.
Given the soft marker we opt for the CVS as opposed to waiting for amnio.
3/22 - CVS done at 13 + 6, but in preparation scans, MFM performing CVS (different doctor) identifies nasal bone and states there are no visible soft markers.
We are now waiting for the FISH results which will hopefully come tomorrow, but may arrive Monday as our CVS slot was the last appointment of the day.
There have been so many missteps here that I’m trying not to get my hopes up for a false positive fire drill, but after finding the nasal bone yesterday, it’s hard.
I’m super frustrated that the MFM on Monday didn’t identify the nasal bone as we would have waited for an amnio in this case as opposed to the CVS.
Husband and I determined we would TFMR if Trisomy 21 is accurate. However, we were informed by the genetic counselor yesterday that we cannot TFMR in Georgia. If we get a positive non-mosaic result from the FISH we will need to see out of state medical attention. This information was not available online, so just trying to help other couples.
I know many of you are on this same journey. We’re in it together.

It seems that the DR's here don't do blood / urine draws in office - they refer to Labcorp or other provider to do the blood draw / urine collection. So - basically - you go in for a Dr's exam / appointment they do the blood draw right there at your appointment - you don't leave the office. Here it seems that you go to dr, dr orders bloodwork, you leave dr and have to schedule an appointment with a testing lab.
Previously - in my former state - all primary DR's that I have had always had their nurses do the blood draws or urine collection - and they sent to their own labs for analysis. Labcorp, etc... were just for drug testing for employment purposes.
So wondering - is this an east coast vs Midwest thing or just bayhealth in general?

I just had my telehealth appointment today, and everything went great. Except for one thing; the closest Labcorp is an hour away. I should be able to start T just about as soon as Planned Parenthood gets my labs back, but my transportation is really unreliable. I can't drive and I have no way to compensate anyone.
My best option is to have my brother take me, but I feel so guilty. I know gender-affirming care is just as important as other medical care, but I keep getting these thoughts of "it's best to just give up and not inconvenience anyone." Not to mention, my brother might not be around to take me places in a few months. I want to learn to drive, but my options to learn are also very limited by the availability of adult family members with licenses, who also have free time.
I should be ecstatic today, but I just have this sinking feeling that maybe I shouldn't have started the process.

I am wondering if anyone has successfully navigated a similar situation and can point me towards the best path forward. Long story short, I froze my eggs a long time ago in a clinic in New York. I have a directed donor (someone I know) who is a resident of California. We are trying to have a baby and it seems that the system is just against us.
The laws in CA recognize private donor agreements, but that is about the only state. In any case NY does not recognize it. So the only fully legal way to accomplish pregnancy that does not make him a legal father is via heavily regulated FDA Directed Donor process. That process is ridiculous. They want the donor to come to 3-4 appointments. They take blood and semen for analysts. Then they do a physical. Then they take the actual deposit. Then they want to quarantine that sperm for 6 months and retest blood again. To make matters worse, CA cryo bank shut down their program last year and there’s only Fairfax and that one has the earliest appointment in JUNE. So, all said and done, it would be a year between now and when they release the sample. And we are both working with busy schedules and travel so it’s challenging enough (for the donor) to even come to 1-2 appointments scheduled that far in advance…. i feel like I am going crazy. Who are the people able to navigate this ridiculous system???? Are there any clinics that are more “laid back” for the lack of a better term in terms of their scheduling and process, with some flexibility to combine appointments etc? Particularly interested in the ones in CA…
UPDATE:
So from what I gathered after banging my head against the wall for 2 days is this. And i am posting in case somebody else is in the same boat.
Apparently, the best course of action in a situation like this is as follows. I have to establish a relationship with a clinic in CA - any fertility clinic, and become their “patient” by paying their consultation fee because of course. Once I am their “patient” they can order labs for the donor to go to a LabCorp location and do all the testing. Once they qualify him as a directed donor following the testing, I can ship the samples to my ACTUAL doctor in NYC for my use. This is bonkers on so many levels i can’t even. My Dr refuses to order labs for the donor unless they see them in NYC office. LabCorp won’t do tests without them being ordered by a doctor. A clinic in CA won’t order anything unless I am also their patient. This system is so broken.

I was randomly told I had to take a pre-employment drug test for my new job. I had no idea that this company drug tested. So I have my appointment scheduled for this afternoon and I have a bottle of QuickFix 6.3 ready to go. I have to go to LabCorp and I’m so freaking nervous. My brother’s girlfriend used QuickFix to pass her pre-employment drug test at CVS but I am still hella nervous.
I’m going to wake up the bottle in the microwave and attach the hand warmers but I am still so fearful I’ll get the temperature wrong.

Age: 25
Sex: Female
Height: 6'0
Weight: 170lbs
Medications: None
Family medical background: Both parents have high blood pressure, mother has lupus, grandpa had type-2 diabetes. No history of eye problems.

Map of all my blind spots: https://i.imgur.com/jj63iLF.png

Early last year I had covid. Two months afterwards, blind splotches began appearing around the edges of my central vision. There is decreased/zero sensory input in these spots and they are most noticeable when I blink or they are over lines, text, or small details. I can look at a white screen, move my cursor underneath a blindspot and watch it disappear. All but the smallest blindspots seem to be permanent and are not fading away. I occasionally see blue flashes in the dark with my eyes closed. Once I saw bright blue flashing coming from above. I feel like I have quite a bit more floaters now than before this all started, but it's not the "snowfall" I've been told is associated with retinal detachment. Sometimes one of my eyes feels weird and a little painful. I'm not sure if it's related to any of the above, but a few times recently I've had really painful eye strain that only went away while I was relaxing my eyes in complete darkness.
I've been to an eye doctor and retina specialist several times now. They've digitally scanned my eye with a machine that I had to look into and used drops to dilate my eyes and look into them. On my first appointment after the blind spots started appearing, they found a Cotton Wool Spot over a blood vessel on my right retina, the same retina as the blind spots at the time. I went back several weeks later and the cotton wool spot had shrunken, but the blind spot had only gotten bigger and more opaque. By the third time my retinas were scanned, the cotton wool spot was gone but the blind spots have not gone away or stopped appearing.
After the third time my eyes were scanned and looked into, I had a visual field test to try and map out where my blind spots are. The nurse pointed out that there were areas in my vision that scored lower than the rest, but when the retina specialist called me with the results he told me that nothing looked out of the ordinary.
After my first appointment with the retina specialist I had several blood tests for things related to cotton wool spots such as HIV, diabetes, and an ANA test. The ANA test came back positive, and labcorp automatically tested for lots of autoimmune diseases like lupus which all came back negative. The retina specialist said the blind spots could just be a fluke or possibly related to covid, but that was almost a year ago now and they're still appearing.

My eyes are falling apart and I'm terrified that it's only a matter of time before I lose vision in the center of my eyes. Nobody can detect anything wrong with them and I don't know what to do. Please help me.

Age: 25
Sex: Female
Height: 6'0
Weight: 170lbs
Medications: None
Family medical background: Both parents have high blood pressure, mother has lupus, grandpa had type-2 diabetes. No history of eye problems.

Map of all my blind spots: https://i.imgur.com/jj63iLF.png

Early last year I had covid. Two months afterwards, blind splotches began appearing around the edges of my central vision. There is decreased/zero sensory input in these spots and they are most noticeable when I blink or they are over lines, text, or small details. I can look at a white screen, move my cursor underneath a blindspot and watch it disappear. All but the smallest blindspots seem to be permanent and are not fading away. I occasionally see blue flashes in the dark with my eyes closed. Once I saw bright blue flashing coming from above. I feel like I have quite a bit more floaters now than before this all started, but it's not the "snowfall" I've been told is associated with retinal detachment. Sometimes one of my eyes feels weird and a little painful. I'm not sure if it's related to any of the above, but a few times recently I've had really painful eye strain that only went away while I was relaxing my eyes in complete darkness.
I've been to an eye doctor and retina specialist several times now. They've digitally scanned my eye with a machine that I had to look into and used drops to dilate my eyes and look into them. On my first appointment after the blind spots started appearing, they found a Cotton Wool Spot over a blood vessel on my right retina, the same retina as the blind spots at the time. I went back several weeks later and the cotton wool spot had shrunken, but the blind spot had only gotten bigger and more opaque. By the third time my retinas were scanned, the cotton wool spot was gone but the blind spots have not gone away or stopped appearing.
After the third time my eyes were scanned and looked into, I had a visual field test to try and map out where my blind spots are. The nurse pointed out that there were areas in my vision that scored lower than the rest, but when the retina specialist called me with the results he told me that nothing looked out of the ordinary.
After my first appointment with the retina specialist I had several blood tests for things related to cotton wool spots such as HIV, diabetes, and an ANA test. The ANA test came back positive, and labcorp automatically tested for lots of autoimmune diseases like lupus which all came back negative. The retina specialist said the blind spots could just be a fluke or possibly related to covid, but that was almost a year ago now and they're still appearing.

My eyes are falling apart and I'm terrified that it's only a matter of time before I lose vision in the center of my eyes. Nobody can detect anything wrong with them and I don't know what to do. Please help me.

Just got diagnosed with RRMS this afternoon after someone canceled and a slot opened up. I am glad for that diagnostic period to be over since brain MRI and weird symptoms in 2021/2022 and brain/spine MRIs and more weird symptoms recently. Looking to start kesimpta and was lucky enough to get the bloodwork done at a nearby labcorp right after the appointment. Finding it an interesting coincidence to get diagnosed during MS Awareness Month hah.

I have a lab order for bloodwork that has to be done through Labcorp. I vaguely remember seeing the Labcorp logo at Schiffert when I went for an appointment there one time. Does anyone know if the lab at Schiffert is affiliated or would be able to take a Labcorp-specific order?

29 AFAB
Was getting blood drawn this afternoon at a LabCorp location. Blood draw was related to thyroid levels (I have a thyroid disorder), and insulin and blood sugar levels (have had pre-diabetes in the past and was recently having some constant hunger problems so my doctor wanted to check those.)
I don't watch when they put the needle in, no severe phobia of needles I can do this stuff just fine, just can't watch. They needed three vials of blood. They had me keep my hand in a fist the whole draw (I've had it various ways, fist clenched at the start then let go, no fist clenched, fist clenched whole time, etc).
Before I say the incident, the reason I'm asking here is because I have an anxiety disorder related to illness/death/injury. I very much worry about the littlest thing. And while this is more than "oh no my migraine is lasting too long", I'm not sure it's bad enough to need a doctor.
So while they were drawing I feel a sudden strange line of pain in my wrist twice. I tried to unball my fist to relieve it but they told me to keep it balled. I've never cried during a blood draw but I almost did from the sensation in my wrist. When I spoke to my mother she said it sounded like they hit a nerve and I'm convinced that's what it was because her saying that just flipped a light bulb in my head. Cause yeah nerves are tiny and thin in our body and it was a very specific sensation in a tiny thin line.
At first it didn't hurt, it was fine once I left. Just had a little soreness in the spot where they put the needle, the usual. But as it gets later and I do more I'm getting soreness all along my arm, and some pins and needles in my hand. And while typing got some of those tingling sensations along the nerve. I go back to work this Friday and busy season is about to start in a couple months.
I don't know if this needs a doctor's appointment (I'm on medicaid and my PCP is a nurse practioneer), or if this will go away in a day or two like the soreness at the needle site.
I am on medications and have some other diagnoses but am unsure if they are relevant for this but can list them if more info is needed.

Just wanted to share our experience for anyone in the same boat as this sub absolutely saved us during this time.
At 10 weeks my wife had the Natera Panorama testing. After about 2 weeks the results came back and said we were high risk for T13, T18 and Triploidy after the fetal fraction measured at 2.2%. They were not able to determine a gender.
Because of this sub, I knew these results were based on their proprietary algorithm and NOT on the placental DNA from my wife’s bloodwork. Nonetheless, we were sick with worry and immediately scheduled a consult with MFM. We were lucky and got into an emergency appointment the following day.
Our appointment consisted of an hour long ultrasound where they meticulously measured everything they could see on the baby at 12w1d. The doctor told us that everything looked normal, but they would like to redraw the NIPT so that we could decide next steps. (CVS, Amnio, etc)
Our doctor changed companies and sent her bloodwork through labcorp this time, opting for the Maternit GENOME test.
After 6 days of waiting, our results just came back normal for everything in the extended testing and we are expecting a healthy baby girl.
I post this for others in this same situation. It was excruciating to wait for these results and I feel like how Natera determines their “high risk” results with low fetal fraction is almost criminal.
Thank you to the mods of this group who keep information accurate because it helped me know what questions to ask and gave us a lot of reassurance .

I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last week. I went to Labcorp with an order for 23 different blood tests-an extensive work up to rule out any other diseases and any infections before I start immunosuppressive treatment.
The staff at the center seemed really thrown off by the number of tests I needed, and weren’t familiar with at least half of the tests. It took a long time to get them all entered into the computer correctly, which annoyed the other patients in the waiting room. They complained. wanted to crawl into a hole. I was still reeling from the news of my diagnosis and feeling like an inconvenience to the staff and other patients on top of it.
Lastly, two of the tests weren’t performed. I had the staff count the tests on my order and in their computer to make sure they were all accounted for, but when I got the results I realized I was missing two tests still so I need to go back and repeat them.
It seems like bloodwork will be a regular part of my life now with MS. Does anyone have any advice to make sure my next Labcorp appointment goes smoothly?
TL;DR: I had to get a ton of lab tests done at once and was wondering how to make it go smoothly next time

Just curious, did anyone else have to get a LOT of labs drawn when they were diagnosed? My neurologist ordered 23 different blood tests to have done before my next appointment. Most of them are just looking at overall health to make sure I don't have anything going on before I start a DMT. There are also some tests to rule out some other autoimmune disorders. I don't have an issue with getting these done but the receptionist at LabCorp was a little exasperated and short with me when I handed her such a lengthy lab order.

So basically I was at the doctor in December, this was my second time at this doctor and it was nothing unusual. Just a check up and some bloodwork. (I am ftm and this is a planned parenthood I go to every 3 months to make sure I have no health issues with my transition.) I got a bill in the mail today from a company called Labcorp saying I owe $21 for tests PP ordered. Not a ton of money but I’m still confused, since at the appointment I paid everything that I was told I owed for my visit. This has never happened to me before; not at my first PP visit and not with my general care doctor either. I’m young and I’ve only been handling my own doctor’s appointments and bills recently so I was wondering if it was normal to recieve a second bill for a visit 2 months later for tests. The letter seems to be real/official to me. There’s a phone number to call with questions but it’s too late today so I’ll have to call tomorrow. Any advice/similar problems?? Thanks!

My doctor ordered once monthly labs for me for the next 6 months. I had my first lab draw a month ago and I have an appointment at Labcorp tomorrow for the next set of labs. I just realized I no longer have the original lab slip. I am fairly sure the Labcorp worker made a copy and entered all my info into the system at the first lab draw but I wanted to ask the group here whether you think it might be an issue when I show up tomorrow and don’t have the original lab slip. My online portal doesn’t have any info regarding my lab test orders, it just shows my results from last month. Thanks.

I need to get some bloodwork done tomorrow {Saturday 2/25), where can I go? No appointments available at Labcorp, that I can see. Thanks for any help!

PGT-tested donor egg embryo recipient here, I received a surprising T13 positive (64% PPV, “low mosaic indicated”) last week on my MaterniT21 report.
I contacted Labcorp and requested they amend the calculated PPV to reflect donor’s age (28) and it took a little back and forth but I did get a new report that amended the PPV to 6.2%. Kinda frustrating because I know the request from my doctor had the donor egg box checked.
I have an appointment with MFM tomorrow, 11 weeks 5 days, to hopefully check closely for anatomical concerns. Please wish me luck. Hopefully by this time they’ll be able to see if there are big anatomical flags, right?
Update: Scan looked good. Measuring 6 days ahead, NT was 1.1, no soft markers. Now waiting for 16W scan and amniocentesis.

What do people think? I abstained from edibles for 2 weeks prior and was testing negative at home prior to my labcorp appointment. I used QCarbo32 even though I was testing negative. Did this screw me up?

Just a small rant. Just attempted a walk-in, but was turn away. I am 7 weeks pregnant and I am struggling to get all my lab work done. My in network lab provider is Labcorp and all the local locations (within 45 minutes drive) are booked out on Saturdays, closed Sunday. I work M-F 7:30-5:30, lunch break 12-1. During the week Labcorp is open 7:30-2:30 pm, closed during lunch time. I took the day off on Monday to get the first lot of work done, however I need to go back and get the follow-up done. It’s time sensitive. I can’t leave work during the week, and I only have 10 hours of PTO. At this point in time, I feel like paying the extra $79 fee to have someone come to our house before work to ensure I get my lab work done. The will avoid the issue of childcare for my 3 year old too.
I’m just thinking back to what my maternal child health professor said: I hate the word noncompliance; the vast majority of women want to go to all of their prenatal appointments and do all the follow-up recommended, but can’t due to factors outside of their control.