@kathyann0811 Have they accepted you as a patient yet and have you talked to anyone at Mayo? From what I understand you need to start with internal medicine and NOT a specialist if you have multiple issues. I have multiple issues as well (probably somehow connected) but the rural doctors can't figure them out. I have great doctors here, they don't have facilities and see the different cases that Mayo sees. When the intake nurse called me (I applied on the Mayo website) she looked at my medical records and saw what she determined a major issue and sent me to a specialist (GI) and didn't even schedule me for the reason I wanted to be seen (food allergies). I didn't know that the specialists don't work with other specialists at Mayo. It's critical that you talk to them and make sure they schedule you with EVERYONE you need to see. I was extremely organized, completed everything on my patient portal and had a typed out explanation of my symptoms and conditions and handed it to the doctor. The doctor made the choice to ignore all the work I had done for him - I made his job easy! I hope you get good doctors - most likely you will. If you are concerned while you are there contact the Office of Patient Experience, I found them helpful but it takes time. Good luck!!