I had surgery at Mayo. I'm 75 and live in Iowa and I'm 200 miles from Rochester. I had a follow visit with my surgeon PA a month after the procedure. After this I was to have CT scans every 6 months. I was given the option of returning to Mayo for these or doing them at my local hospital. Having made 4 trips to Mayo in about 2 months, I opted for local scans. But after the first scan I wish I would have returned to May for the scans. The drive (and hotel) didn't seem such a hassle after 6 months, and while my local oncologist was in contact with Mayo for each of the scans (and the images and analyses were sent to Mayo), I would have preferred to be in direct contact with my Mayo oncologist. I couldn't change my original decision because they wanted to have each scan done by the same machine. I had a recurrence 5 years later, went to Mayo for treatment again (chemo/radiation/immuno, not surgery) and have been returning there every 6 months for follow-up scans.