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I scored for you as you prepare to travel to PRC! If you were headed to Rochester, I would have a ton of recommendations for you, but I’ve heard Jacksonville is nice, too! To answer your question, people begin on different days, but you’ll end up with pretty much a small core group… we had one large group that was broken up into about 6-8 at any given time. We’d come together with the big group as a whole for meditation/ relaxation and for therapeutic recreation in the gym. It was nice to have the smaller group for some of the heavier topic days. I love how Mayo incorporated so many different disciplines into the program. The OT was great and very helpful- they gave you plan out your weekends and in the beginning this feels like a very daunting task, but I began to embrace it and loved exploring Rochester! I joined an athletic club for two of the weeks I was there so I could be outside at the pool (and read “The Body Keeps the Score”) and tried a couple classes when I was up for it. I also sought out weekend events like the farmers markets, an antique/ craft fair, and walkable stores from my hotel… made the weekend go by much faster. In Rochester there were several hotels that offered extended stays for reasonable prices- o was able to walk to Mayo and take advantage of their gym at the hotel for PT exercises they’ll give you… also, a hidden gem I found was the Mayo Health and Wellness Center- I got a couple of massages while I was there, which was so relaxing to do- I’m sure Jacksonville has something similar! Wishing you the best of luck- this was so helpful for me!
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Thank you so much. All input from any of the PRC clinics definitely welcome. I found a small vermo that is only 10 minutes from the hospital that is Affordable but of course for that amount of time, I need to schedule in advance a bit to coordinate.
I want non-invasive treatment so this sounds perfect. When drs are a hammar, I look like a nail who should be injected or get a spinal cord stimulator. Um. No.
I have an kind of acute thing going on after a fall so may get my pcp to order a CT/ultrasound to r/o issues that coyld interfere right now (?gluteal tear from fall) but it might just be "too bad, more back, live with it" in which case the timing is good before I go further down the depression rabbit jole further.
I wonder what the do if I was there over 4th of July? Its 16 days I'm guessing day 1 is intake, orientation. So the therapy groups aren't people who all know each other? Id hate to jump into a well formed group. You know how we psin people can feel so easily excluded - real or not.
I have a really good 1:1 psychologist in place slreafy who is so into me doing this and is able to check in while I'm there.
I'm even thinking who can I hire for the month that I'm gone to come in and clean my house from top to bottom! Someone I trust. On their own schedule. Leave a house and come home to a home. Laundry, bathrooms, deep clean..?maybe even see if I can get it painted as its needed since I moved in 7 years ago.
Wouldn't that be spectacular. Damn the credit cards? Do everything that makes me want to live!
The best chance of success. My house is just a wreck. Depressing. Go away to fix my head, come home to a fixed house! Sounds amazing right?
All input about how y'all did at any PRC welcome. I'm watching some vids on YT, success stories.
You know when I go to a doctor they just want to operate. I need to go someplace that's just going to help me adjust to where things are no more surgery, no injections, nothing intrusive, nothing invasive. Doctors get frustrated if you go and say you want to be diagnosed but you don't want to be treated. But you know if you have cancer and you just want to know you have it and that doesn't mean that you're forced to do chemo and that's how I'm looking at this just tell me what you can do to help me help myself.
I was thinking if it's closed over 4th of July weekend my sister is only 2 hours away so I could go there overnight for the 4th of July which would be nice to see her as I live in NC. I will drive down.
Thanks. Gave everything I need per letter from Jax today. Ball rolling. No wait list right now.