As a very new ostomate, I would like to have an in-person support group at the Mayo Clinic itself instead of having it over Zoom. Mayo is where all my doctors are and where I went for all the work related to my cancer and surgeries, so it would be nice to have a support group hosted by them as well.

I am a remote worker, and I deal with Zoom meetings all day. When I am done working, I do not want to have another Zoom meeting for in-person interactions in the same city as me. Having reasons to be in person for local things, especially personal things like an ostomy support group, would be nice.

I tried to attend the Phoenix Ostomy support group, but their website is out of date, and the meeting schedules are alternating between locations and not documented. When I showed up for the documented day, time, and location, no one was there. They are going to get this fixed for the future, but that doesn't help me much now. 😊 If possible, it would be nice to have a reliable, regular monthly support group meeting.

I would love to see Mayo bring it back and make it in person, as it seems it used to be.