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How do I successfully get an appointment?

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Aug 4 10:08am | Replies (31)

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@colleenyoung

General internal medicine and GI departments are in high demand. With the complexities of managing multiple chronic conditions and now breast cancer, I can imagine that you are looking for comprehensive care that Mayo Clinic offers.

Have you considered getting a second opinion with respect to your cancer care? It sounds like the cancer is the highest priority right now and that it needs to be considered with all the other symptoms and conditions you manage.

There are a few options you might consider:
- Mayo Clinic http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63
Reapply online to the Breast Cancer Clinic.

- Mayo Clinic Health System: https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/
Mayo Clinic Health System is a family of clinics, hospitals and other health care facilities with physical presence in 44 communities in four regions in southern Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa. Mayo Clinic Health System provides patients with access to cutting-edge research, technology and resources through collaboration with Mayo Clinic.

- Mayo Clinic Care Network https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic/care-network/network-members
See facilities across the country who partner with Mayo Clinic to bring Mayo's expertise closer to home.

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After more than 70 medical appointments and tests since 2020, I am completely baffled as to why Mayo won't take me. It is hard to articulate how frustrated I am and how alone I feel.

My highest priority is diagnosing why I've had constant diarrhea and occasional vomiting for more than 2 years, and how that might relate to unexplained nerve pain, numbness in extremities, nearly blacking out over and over. I have a plan of action for the breast cancer and am completely satisfied with my doctors and my surgeon, I do, however, think it will be tough getting through surgery and radiation with the violent GI issues I have, so diagnosing that issue seems like the priority to me.

Are any of the options you have recommended focused on diagnosis?