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Hello @lisa12 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I appreciate your post. I am sorry to hear of your multiple disorders that result in so much pain. It sounds as if you are working to be seen by a good medical team to determine the source of your pain. It is important to be your own advocate.

I'm wondering if you have access to a pain clinic or a pain specialist in Canada. Mayo Clinic has a great pain clinic program but I'm not sure if your Canadian medical plan would cover that.

I would like to invite Rachel, @rwinney, to this discussion. She is somewhat an expert on Mayo's pain clinic, having attended herself. Perhaps she can share some of the things she has learned if you cannot attend the Rochester, MN clinic.

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HI Teresa, I did go to a pain doctor here but he just looked at my reports and prescribed Lyrica. I feel that I need to get a proper diagnosis. I grew up in Chicago and then lived in Florida for 20 years before moving to Canada. I know that the Canadian plan would not pay but I would love to go to Rochester. My younger sister actually went there when we lived in Chicago because she developed erythema nodosum. She has nothing but good things to say about Mayo Clinic. I am going to try to get more help here but will add Mayo Clinic as an option. Thank you!