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Next installment of trying to get a blood draw:After waiting about 30 minutes for the blood draw, my partner had an idea and walked to the oncology building (about 1km). Turns out that even though I had received a message that I needed to get the blood draw elsewhere, oncology still does blood draws before appointments if you show up early. So, all the machinations were unnecessary.