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@jerzgirl000

Thank you for the information to this link. After viewing this video, I am even more excited that I will be fully vaccinated on March 23rd and will be sure to continue to keep myself isolated for 14 days thereafter to allow my antibodies to build up as instructed by my primary care provider here at Mayo Clinic. This medical facility has saved my life on 2 occasions. First in 2009 from a condition that had nothing to do with any form of cancer that I had spent 6 months going from specialist to specialist with no resolution while my body continued to deteriorate. I was literally on my last leg when I stopped at a red light on the corner of Beach Blvd and San Pablo Blvd in Jacksonville, FL. My energy was so depleted that I had to rest my head on my steering wheel and immediately fell asleep. I was awakened by car horns blowing for me to move. As soon as I lifted my head from my steering wheel I saw a sign that said Mayo Clinic with an arrow pointing left. I made the turn and walked into the lobby of the Davis Bldg. It was already 6:45pm but I slowly walked to the information desk and told the person there that I thought I was dying. She immediately, even before taking my insurance info., called a nurse out to speak with me. The nurse simply stated "start at the beginning and tell me how you arrived to this point". I won't go into all of the details because it is too long of a story to tell here, but I saw 2 physicians who were still in their offices prescribing medical notes and was admitted at 6am the next morning. I left Mayo feeling like superman. Ten years later, after seeing several specialist with no resolution or actual diagnosis of my problem I again contacted and turned to Mayo where I was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive tumor in stage 1a which had never been diagnosed that early in the entire medical community. My care team developed a treatment plan with my input and 2 year later I am alive, I have minimal residual effect ( some ongoing fatigue) and I am thankful that Mayo Clinic, my care team physicians, and their social workers exist. I would not have made it without them. I recognized this is my personal experience but I choose to share it because it can become a personal experience for someone else in need. I hope this will be helpful to someone. While I have nothing against any physician or medical center, I truly believe that I was blessed in 2009 when I saw the sign directing me to Mayo Clinic's Jacksonville, FL campus and I have full confidence in following their recommendations on treatments and the covid19 vaccine.

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@jerzgirl000, Yours is an incredible story and so wonderful that "synchronicity" brought you to Mayo at that critical time. A toast to Mayo for being there for you on that late afternoon and for all the wonderful work they do. Sigh, just wish we had one closer to where I live. Thank you for your sharing and so happy that because of your experiences at Mayo, you are still here to share them with us!