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Tulsa Pro - my initial treatment experience
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Hi. New to group. I was diagnosed with PC in January after PSA test, MRI and biopsy. Gleason score is 7 3+4 with prostate size of 58 ml and a current PSA of 11. No cancer evident outside of prostate. I am a healthy 76 years, and am not wanting to do surgery, radiation or hormone treatment.
I am interested in TULSA PRO, and want to know if anyone has been treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN? If so, what was your experience? Was it hard to get approved, long wait time for procedure, did Medicare cover all or part of the cost? Thanks
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Welcome, @birchpond. If you would like to request an appointment at Mayo Clinic, you can start here: http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63
With regards to your question about coverage, you can contact Mayo Clinic insurance https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/billing-insurance/contact-us
There are several members, including @mrdennyb @bjroc, who have doctored at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and may be able to answer your questions too.
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I went to Mayo for two years before they had Tulsa and while on active surveillance, and when I had to be treated after biopsy, they were just thinking of ordering the Tulsa though they got it pretty quick. They are all setup now. I can't answer any of your questions. All I can tell you is you do not need a referral to get into Mayo, just call the department and ask to be setup with a full set of appointments (urology, interventional radiology, etc). I think you might have to go to interventional radiology at Mayo, look up Dr Woodrum on this one. Also see above post by @mrdennyb
Scroll all the way down on this link below to see providers at Mayo you might get setup to see:
https://tulsaprocedure.com/providers/mayo-clinic-minnesota/