@bally102 Welcome to Connect and congratulations on becoming a Mayo patient. I'm glad you joined an existing discussion, and members see this as a new update like I did. I think you will like it at Mayo.

I would suggest to call the department where you will be seen and ask them which of your records they need. Sometimes old records are not useful, but that all depends on what they will be evaluating. When I came to Mayo, it was for spine surgery. They requested all current imaging of the spine of MRIs and X rays within a year, but they didn't need the radiology reports because they will read the images and form their own opinions. They didn't need my neurology nerve and muscle testing because Mayo tests this more extensively and that was in the plan anyway. None of the opinions from other spine surgeons prior to Mayo were important. All those surgeons had denied surgery because they missed understanding some crucial information and had an incomplete diagnosis.

Timeliness matters too because records are sent to an office where they are scanned in ahead of appointments, and I'm not sure how fast that happens. When I arrived at my consult, they handed me printed copies of my records from my other providers to take to my appointments if any of the Mayo doctors wanted to see them. For the most part, the old records didn't interest them except for the imaging, and they did request new MRIs to get the full spine which had never be done before.

What I suggest is to make a list of what records you have by specialty with dates of service; kind of like having a Table of Contents in a book. You could quote the line that states the impression of the doctor. That will be much easier for someone to read before they start digging through a large stack of papers. This will be more efficient and they can concentrate more time on their evaluation.

Are you traveling to get there? Do you need information on accommodations in the area?