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Can't get an appointment: Any tips on what to do?

Visiting Mayo Clinic | Last Active: Mar 25 9:34pm | Replies (196)

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@sanderson23

I looked into the Mayo Clinic Care Network and the closest one is almost 500 miles away. I would figure out a way to go 500 miles to the Mayo Clinic, but cant take that chance on something less specialized.
It would be nice it it didn't say "Request an Appointment" on a page where a clinic is closed. I was told Headache is "at capacity" so why no put it on your webpage and not give us false hope.
I have tried to get in a couple times over the last couple years without luck. The first time they took a ton of medical info from me and said a provider would review it and get back to me in a few days as it would take a while for it to have a thorough review and I heard back like an hour later so I knew it wasn't likely reviewed much at all. This time they didn't ask for anything, just said at capacity.
I get the "at capacity" part as I worked in healthcare. But now that I can't work, I feel abandoned by healthcare. I have been trying to get my headaches controlled for 12 years. And they keep getting worse with new headache types. There just isn't anyone who can help and it is demoralizing.
Sorry to rant, just wanted to give you the "not accepting new patients" idea.

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@sanderson23, I get the rant, no apologies needed. It is a gut punch when appointments aren't available.

Did you see that there is a support group specific to headache? I invite you to join the discussions here:
- Headache & Migraine group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/headache-migraine/