meh its not so bad to be a human pincushion.

I go to the one near steveston and the ladies there are always first time jabbers. Never had a bad experience like that.

I find location matters a lot with Lifelabs - the ones in nicer neighbourhoods have more experienced and friendlier staff. Eg. Don't go to the Chinatown one.

I get mine in the back of the hand. You have to specifically ask for it. It costs more, so they avoid using the butterfly or whatever they call the one they use for the hand (so I was told). Never failed me in decades. For me, it hurts a lot less. They're always surprised. I always tell them, "Is it in yet?" (joke goes over their head).

I used to donate blood on a regular basis. 40+ times. Then Covid hit and I never got back into it. Anyway, they were really good at finding veins in my arm. However, I had some not so good experiences. I have what they call rolly or rolling veins in my arm. There were a few frustrating times where I got sent home without any blood being drawn (three attempts rule). A couple of times they managed to get a very small amount out of me and that's a no go, too. One lady started moving the needle around to try and get it to flow better (ouch, ouch, ouch, and then ouch some more). Drinking plenty of water and avoiding caffeine (diet coke and coffee) helps a helluva lot. It really pumps up the veins.

I do get it in the hand. I learned that when I was in the hospital in 2020 for heart surgery. I specifically tell them don't bother with my arm, they'll never find a vein. they're obvious on my hand though, and I can't believe we let some newbie jab our bodies, and they're useless at what they are doing.

As everyone else have already mentioned, skill levels of the nurses can vary a bit. That said, I've been going to the one on Kingsway and Nelson the last few times I needed something, and they have generally been good (but still with some slight variations).

FWIW, we've taken our child back to Children's Hospital for bloodwork a few times instead of bringing her to LifeLabs. We didn't want to bother with the risks of the Lifelab nurses not being familiar with children, and the Children's staff has always been top notch.

Their title is Lab Assistant and they don't need nurse training to do it. Pay is less, so I doubt a nurse would want to work for lifelabs.

https://jobs.lifelabs.com/job/Vancou...BC/1147384100/

I’ve never really had too bad of an experience with life labs, get regular blood work every 8-12 months but the annoying part is if they are too rough with the needle, it can alter the results for your kidney function readings

So twice now I’ve had elevated kidney function readings where I’m like wtf.. is this number is correct it’s kinda serious.. then I go for a follow up and have to tell them to be better with the needle, and get accurate numbers that aren’t elevated. So a waste of time for all involved

That's interesting, I've always had good experiences at Lifelabs, I get my bloodwork done for Testosterone and Cholesterol/AC1 twice a year, I got big veins, so never have any issues.

The ladys are really nice too, talkative and such. I usually go to the Kensington location, there's a older Asian nurse that works there who's super talkative, she's pretty cute too for an older gal, you could tell she was hot as fuck back in the day.

you would swear the girls who stabbed me worked at a Timmy's. not even exaggerating.

yup, she was a hottie ................ like you said, still is. Good eye.

I go for my A1C at Kensington Life Labs every three months.

On a side note, I get my vaccines and Vitamin B12 injections (monthly) at the Kensington Shoppers and the medical clinic next door. Not a single time have I had any issues (no pain, no blood). The one time I go to the medical clinic to get my B12, my family doctor who happens to practice there, noticed I made an on-line appointment with the first available doctor. I used to just go line up for walk-in, but they no longer do that. Longer story short, she cancels my appointment and books me in with her. I have never in my life been in so much pain. She might be a good doctor, but she sucks at giving shots. Might as well have broken the needle in my arm. Now she wants me to book monthly B12's with her. I think I'll go Shoppers for my B12. Only issue is, they won't give me a shot from a used vial. I have to purchase a new one every time. The medical clinic doesn't care. One vial has enough for ten doses. Oh well, it's only pain.

Pssshh don’t talk to me while you stab me. I like to stare at the needle intensely

Oh yeah, that nurse at Kensington is chicken ladies sister. She's a dime.

This place is too funny.

I never knew Kensington Lifelabs nurse had a following like this, figured it was only me thinking she's an old cutie this whole time :lol

What days does she work? I'm gonna pencil my next blood test in with her.

Group blood work day @ Kensington LifeLabs, anyone?

God bless America !
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At what point do you just basically give it away for free ? The shipping cost alone can’t be worth this

P.s nobody make fun of my waist size. It was 42 now it’s 36.

as a result of this thread i can imagine the urine samples there now

:jizz:

:ohgodwhy:

Opening that cupboard and seeing those urine samples and placing yours next to them always weirded me out.

RS sample meet at Kensington Life labs?

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Goddamn, average price is $68 (plus taxes). I can't even get over spending $70k after taxes for a daily right now and people are averaging $68k before taxes.

Lifelab class action settlement came out ... it turns out to be $7.86 per claimant :ahwow:

Sweet I can tell people what I spent on my Supra was just average

Hear me out guys...
if they don't have DL, they can't drive, if they can't drive, they can't steal cars!!!!
Bam! IQ1000

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yup, that's the No. 1 thing that car thieves are worried about, license, good driving record, ability to get insurance.