@findtheanswersdn No, I live in San Diego, CA & my endocrinologist is in the nearby community of Escondido.

I joined this group because I received care at Mayo Clinic Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ for a rare, incurable gastrointestinal condition that was beyond the expertise of the best esophageal motility GI doctors at our nearby UC San Diego Health. I became severely malnourished because of difficulty and pain when trying to swallow food back in mid-2016. I was able to gain some weight with gastrostomy tube feeding, to reverse the malnutrition, but it wasn’t until July 2018 that I had my first appointment and testing at Mayo AZ. By October, after a number of tests & 3 trips there, I finally was diagnosed with Achalasia. I surgery that month to cut muscles at the junction of my esophagus & stomach, to make it easier for food to pass through. Nine months later, I had another surgery to reduce the amount of reflux I was having , which developed as a result of the first surgery (very common with this condition).

I am very grateful for the Mayo physicians who helped me & the care I received there, & I highly recommend Mayo Clinic to people I meet who have complex health problems that are not being properly diagnosed & treated in their communities.