@fox940 did they give you any reason in the email for not being able to make an appointment? I'm not sure I would know what to do either but I'm hoping it would be keep pushing them until I was satisfied with their answer. Maybe it takes some phone calls?

John

This is the email I received this morning. Typical canned response because it is contradictory. I have already worked with my provider and we determined that going to Mayo Clinic was in my healthcare's best interest as no one can give me a diagnosis. I have a referral from my Rhuematologist and did an online form explaining my symptoms, etc. Don't know what else to do? It seems that they think they probably cannot give me a diagnosis is my guess? I do appreciate that being done upfront instead of me missing several days of work and it would be costly to do. These Autoimmune issues are so poorly understood and modern medicine has failed me in this regard as modern medicine has had a direct correlation in causing my issues. I can call and try to get a better answer, but at this point I'm not for sure I want to waste my time. I guess I'm fortunate that what I'm dealing with is most likely not fatal, but it really sucks being in pain day after day after day with no reasonable explanation why I'm suffering from the pain I'm in. There has to be a reason, my body just didn't decide one day to start the continuous pain without a reason. There is an underlying cause and that is what I was hoping Mayo could help me with. I guess not...

"Thank you for expressing an interest in Mayo Clinic. Your healthcare information has been reviewed by our Physicians in General Internal Medicine and we regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you an appointment. If your medical situation should change, you should seek care locally and work with your provider to determine if a referral to Mayo Clinic is in your best healthcare interests.

General Internal Medicine
507-284-4805

This e-mail was automatically generated from a non-response mailbox. Please do not reply to this email."

@fox940 from reading the email they sent you I don't particularly like their answer either. I think you mentioned earlier that your doctors did the initial referral for the appointment thinking that the Mayo Clinic can help you get to the bottom of your health problem. It might be worth asking your doctors to request an appointment for you again...being more persistent and asking for help to get to the bottom of what's going on. I hate taking no for answer but maybe that's just me...and I especially hate "Please do not reply to this email."

It pays to be persistent...John

@johnbishop, I called Mayo this morning and got absolutely no where. They cannot give me an answer as to why my appointment was denied, but basically said that the Physicians who reviewed my information didn't feel that a diagnosis can be made and Mayo cannot help me. I asked why they can't tell me that and was told that is the way the system is set up. My Dr. can call and speak to a physician at Mayo, but they won't tell me squat. I understand that Mayo deals with millions of patients a year, but I am pretty disappointed with their standards at this point. In my case I was trying to go there with the hope of finding out what is wrong with me. My hope was crushed with the way it is currently set up to handle appointment denials. Unfortunately I am going to have to live with the fact that in my case a diagnosis cannot be made. I am going to live with the hope that my symptoms will improve over time and will hopefully not worsen.