@fdchik22 You can contact Mayo online, but it's more efficient to call the Neurosurgery department during the business week M - F and they will have a nurse talk to you for triage and ask you questions. They will set up the account and tell you how to send in your imaging. I am sending the phone number in a private message. Good luck! I hope you'll share your experience along the way and let us know how you are doing. It sounds like you have a great advantage with family in the area. Make sure to take time to enjoy the art collection and all the people who play pianos in the public areas. As an artist and a biology major, I studied anatomy, and I also worked in neuro-anatomy research at the University of Chicago. That made is easier for me to understand research, and I have watched a lot of surgeons giving online presentations at their conferences on spine surgery. I have a 3 dimensional understanding of how the body works, and I've documented my own progression of spine issues and had the feedback of the effects of moving my body and producing my symptoms that were reproducible. I also have been working with a great physical therapist and I have learned a lot from her. She recommended that I get my spine checked out when the first symptom was ankle pain when I turned my head. No one believed me that a bone spur on my spinal cord could do that until I got to Mayo. Being a medic will help you understand as a patient, but remember it's your job to explain your symptoms to let the doctors figure out why and solve the problems. They have trained many years for that and deserve respect.