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Mayo Clinic Pain Rehab Center (PRC) - What’s Your Experience?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Aug 11, 2023 | Replies (113)Comment receiving replies
@alh123, good morning. Awesome! Congratulations on getting to the point of waiting to hear back on your application. That's a big accomplishment and you put in the work to make it happen. 25 years is quite a while. Be proud that you're persevering and self-advocating.
I empathize with you as my days of applying for SS Disability and MetLife Disability were quite daunting. I felt the same as you stated, "you are trying to do this while struggling just to get through a day applying to a program , that by definition, means you’re at the end of a long long journey."
In the end, hard work usually pays off, it did for me, and I believe it will for you too. Applying to Mayo PRC will be worth its weight in gold. Once you get accepted (fingers crossed), and you are immersed in the program, you will learn many tools to help you navigate through emotional challenges, like the application process, and so much more. If only I had PRC under my belt during the crazy times of disability application.
Did the PRC tell you your estimated wait time on acceptance notification?
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Just a wee correction…I haven’t had chronic pain for 25 years , it’s been 12 years and 25 different therapies . I sincerely hope I don’t reach the 25 year mark , I really don’t know how I could cope with that .
My stuff plus the referral call have all just gone in in the last 2 weeks , so I haven’t heard anything yet. My journey is pretty complicated , sadly , so it may take a while to put it all together.
I am still interested in connecting with anyone who has been through the program. @rwhinney has been very helpful …I am particularly worried about how to set up a new life at home to return to , so want to talk to as many people as I can . It seems the home part afterwards is critical to not falling back into the same habits .