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Saved by a stranger: Meet @gerryp Jun 5 4:22pm | By Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor (@rosemarya)Comment receiving replies
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Welcome to one of the most excellent care facilities in the world. I have been a patient of Mayo Clinic Jacksonville since 2006.
I used to live in Vero Beach about 3.5 hours from Mayo. I had been driving back and forth after I got a second opinon there for heart failure and ICD/Pacemaker. I decided in 2015 to move to Ponte Vedra just south of Mayo Clinic at a Del Webb. My commute changed from 3.5 hours to 25 minutes. Now if Mayo Jacksonville could just improve their parking.
When I first came to Mayo in 2006 theres was no hospitial or all those buildings there now. The only buidling was the Davis building. You can see what I have seen it such a dramatic increase in facilities at Mayo Jacksonville.
My wife became a diabetic 1.5 and is treated there also. She has had 3 stomach surgeries, ENT surgery, and now waiting for an eye surgery. I am on my 3rd ICD/Pacemaker and treated by a world reknown EP Dr. Kusumoto. My heart failure doctor and quite frankly all my medical providers are outstanding and follow the Mayo motto of "Patient First."
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Yes Mayo JAX is an amazing place. We also now live in Ponte Vedra Beach about 15mins to the Mayo. As you are certainly aware - the campus continues to expand with new buildings, added floors to the hospital and better facilities. It is truly an amazing place - and I am forever grateful that my infectious disease doctor at MGH sent us here. World class care and facilities among the best in the world. The Mayo philosophy of treating the whole patient is something that I quickly came to appreciate. The artwork, music, gardens help to restore the soul. When I was so sick and hospitalized, they would grant me “sunshine privileges” that allowed my wife to take me outside into the gardens for fresh air and sunshine.