I'm really not happy with this office. Definitely switching doctors after today. I thought Rita seemed nice enough to me the two times I've seen her although she seems to prefer throwing Rx pills at every situation rather than treating holistically to find a root cause. but yesterday she sent me down a disheveled hall to get blood work drawn from someone who incompetently poked around multiple veins , damaging me and not even getting any blood, telling me to go to another lab. I really wish I had just done that to begin with. Worst part is that I warned her my veins were small (I always mention this, not that it has ever prevented anyone from actually being able to get blood in the end but usually prevents multiple pokes) but she didn't take me seriously at all and used a regular needle. I even got a weird feeling she did this on purpose. You never know. Several hours later my arm is still hurting. I was nervous about the whole thing anyway because there is a very unclean feeling to the place. I hope I am okay, this was a bit traumatic and am really put off from getting the blood work I need.
Update: The phlebotomist damaged multiple veins, I have stinging pain still several days later, blood spots and bruising. I have never experienced this before. I have been told by another doctor they are inflamed which causes scarring and could be permanent, but hopefully it's not. Be extra careful who you let put a needle in you. Lesson learned the hard way.