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Scheduled for kidney surgery

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@hhppau23

Hello I am scheduled for surgery to remove a tumor in my left kidney on may 16th. I am worried as I had a heart attack in 2020 in Tucson Az and they put the stent in the wrong artery. I had leg lengthening surgery in Minneapolis Mn in 2010 and after they took off the apprentice they cracked my hip on my left side in surgery and didn't tell me. I had too much of a polio vaccine when I was 4 years old in Mexico City and as I am half Ukraine and half Spanish I would have been tall so I have had to shorten my right leg and lengthen my left. I have been in a wheelchair 3 times in my life for a year at a time. I am now scared as I walk ok but have no muscle strength in my left leg that I won't be able to even walk as well as I am now.I am having the surgery at Mayo clinic in Rochester and I live 2 hours south of Phoenix so I am thinking I need to stay in a hotel following my surgry for a week in Rochester to be close to Dr. Thank you for listening to me. Ra

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@hhppau23, with that history, I completely understand why you are nervous about your upcoming surgery. You are in good hands at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

You will find helpful tips from members about where to stay, eat and more in the Visiting Mayo Clinic forum here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/traveling-to-mayo-clinic/

Mayo Clinc offers a free concierge service to assist patients in making plans and locating lodging, travel, getting directions around Mayo and Rochester, etc. Concierge services are complementary.

Here is information for Contacting the Concierge Services:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/minnesota/concierge-services
By phone 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Friday: 507-538-8438
Email: concierge@mayo.edu
Online: Request Concierge Services (if you go to the link below, you can link directly to this )

Will you have someone with you when in Rochester?