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Can't get an appointment: Any tips on what to do?
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How long did it take most of you to become a patient? I feel like I’m dying and the process is taking forever and I feel like there will be no resolve. I have Hashimoto’s, Celiac, Raynaud’s, costochondritis, a lot of pain and misery. They recently found a nodule on my adrenal gland that I think is what’s got me feeling so miserable. Any tips on how to speed the process up?
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@cljohnson25 Hi and Welcome to connect, I'm not familiar with your particular medical issue but thought I would answer your question about Mayo referral.
Myself I was pretty sick with Vintricular Tachacardia or basically a rapid heartbeat. My Cardiologist was the one that referred me and after a failed 8th ablation felt I was a candidate for a heart transplant so I actually was transferred from a local hospital to Mayo Phoenix by ambulance. Initially just for an evaluation but my heart was getting worse by the day and after an ER visit was re-admitted after some initial testing. I ended getting the transplant 7 weeks later and never left the hospital that whole time.
So bottom line it was my specialist who got me in the first time. So maybe try going thru a specialist in your particular medical issue. I'm wondering tho as I've heard some universitie Medical Hospital are also great places for more indepth evaluations? Was the one you visited able to help?
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