← Return to Are you getting cancer treatments during COVID-19?

Discussion
Comment receiving replies
@colleenyoung

It is very distressing to have appointments postponed, especially without a reschedule date. At Mayo Clinic followup appointments are being either postponed or shifted to a tele-consult if no imaging is necessary.

@mom23boys to answer your question about why. You're right, it is to keep people safe and isolated at home, and to reduce the number of people in wait rooms and lobby areas to support social distancing for patients and staff. New dates will be scheduled as soon as possible. I encourage anyone who is experiencing high levels of anxiety to post a message to their team on the patient portal.
- Patient Online Services https://onlineservices.mayoclinic.org/content/staticpatient/showpage/patientonline

Your cancer care team can review your case and explain why the delay was chosen as the option for the moment. Please let them know if you need to speak with a social worker or therapist.

Jump to this post


Replies to "It is very distressing to have appointments postponed, especially without a reschedule date. At Mayo Clinic..."

Teleconsult would be very welcome in my family. Why risk going in to the point of care if information could be relayed through telemedicine technology. I can understand if providers don't want to delivery bad news over the audio/visual interaction. OTOH, it is also distressful to have to go in to a public place right now.

So suddenly we've been kicked to the curb after being told with aggressive stage 4 prostate cancer, Gleason 10, I needed to have surgery immediately... And I'm supposed to not be anxious, meditate, and keep active and ignore the pain I'm experiencing. All this while in my state there are less than 300 cases, only 29 even hospitalized, 4 deaths (2 with previous chronic issues, 2 elderly) and abortions deemed essential. A little bitter... Yup