Connect
← Return to Can't get an appointment: Any tips on what to do?
Discussion
Can't get an appointment: Any tips on what to do?
Visiting Mayo Clinic | Last Active: May 9 8:13pm | Replies (187)Comment receiving replies
@christiane5 I learned, the hard way, that if one is turned down by Mayo for an appointment, there are a few things to do. Turned down once, Submit everything again. Turned down 2x, Call MD Anderson for an appointment. 3x, remember, with Mayo, it is all a matter of money, so sell your house and car, and ask again. 4x, get your own whole genome sequencing, find a good geneticist to help you understand what your genome shows, 5x If that fails, 6x, go to Mexico for treatment. It won't help you, except to make you think you are doing the only thing left, and you will probably have to share your room with a family with 16 children, 3 dogs, a goat and two chickens. (I actually saw this in Piedras Negras a few years ago. The excess family members lived across the street in the homeless camp. They took turns showering in your hospital room. I don't know how the patients who were staying in beds in the hallways managed the showers and toilet arrangements.) 7x find a carnival with a fortune teller or acupuncture artist.
Replies to "@christiane5 I learned, the hard way, that if one is turned down by Mayo for an..."
Connect
LOL, thanks for the only laugh I've had in weeks. I actually lived in Mazatlan, Mexico for 8 years. I bought a vacation home on the beach and ended up moving there from northern California and living there full-time. While there, I had 4 surgeries and had EXCELLENT care. Of course, Mazatlan is a city of over half a million people and an expat community of over 25,000. So hospitals like Sharp Hospital - which was affiliated with Sharp Hospital in San Diego - cater to the gringos. I'd go back to my MD in Mazatlan in a heartbeat if it wasn't for Covid. . He NEVER gave up on me when I had a life-threatening MRSA infection ( I did not get it in the hospital), All of my doctors there were trained both in Mexico and then trained in their specialties in the US. My surgeons were all FACS,
I had to leave the hospital the week before Xmas when I had pneumonia to fly back to CA when my mom was dying. I was so sick on Xmas Eve that I called my MD in Mexico who told me to get the first flight back and go straight to the hospital. I flew in early Xmas morning and was admitted to the hospital immediately. He left his family celebration to take care of me, then later brought 2 of his teenage children back with him to bring me flowers and candy. You won't find a doctor like that in the US. I moved back to the states almost 5 years ago and I still text him when I have questions. Did I mention that doctors there work 8am to 9pm, 6 days a week and give you their cellphone numbers to reach them whenever you need to?
Shoot, now I want to go back to Mazatlan.