How long for a complete itinerary?

Yes we have that scheduled about a week ahead, thank you!

I had roughly 7 appointments scheduled before leaving for Mayo in Rochester. Once I met with the doctor on the first day, she added a lot more appointments. You will be assigned a care coordination team at your first appointment. They ask your departure date and work to get what they can scheduled in that timeframe. I think I ended up with 20 appointments after everything was said and done. I stayed from 4/9 to 4/18. I stayed at an inexpensive hotel that provided free uber service to and from Mayo for appointments.

I think that the appointments scheduled ahead of time depends on your reason for going to Mayo in the first place. I was traveling there for heart surgery and my schedule with two days of preliminary appointments was in hand a couple of weeks before our arrival. The protocol of appointments for tests and interviews is well established for a septal myectomy. We are all different and your particular issue/test/appointment needs may need fine tuning as you are making your way through the process.

Thank you! He has multiple debilitating symptoms… anemia, (unexplained), GI distress/inflammatory markers, neurological/cognitive decline, severe anxiety/OCD. So my hope is multiple specialists will be on board!

@summermaples I had 2 scheduled appointments before I came to Mayo. Mine was for spine surgery so it was a neurologist who examined me and scheduled other testing and appointments before I met with the surgeon. He had all of that information when he met with me. They do schedule other specialists depending on what they find while you are there. They may not know what direction to go before they see you. You could have your local doctor make a recommendation for what you need and get that sent in to the coordinator to add to your file. If you have a portal set up, that would be another way to send a message, but I don’t know when that gets set up.

I was accepted to be seen at mayo by Internal Medicine and got my 1st visit scheduled. After I see that a followup is scheduled the week after. My confusion comes in as to what happens in between those two dates? The person on the phone told me to plan to be there 5 to 7 business days and online it told me 7 to 10. I am traveling from our of state and don't know how to approach this.

@stillhere814, that's great that you got an appointment with Internal Medicine. I moved your question about planning your stay to this related discussion:
- How long for a complete itinerary? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-long-for-a-complete-itinerary/

Click the link to see helpful posts from Mayo Clinic patients like @jenniferhunter @nanderson65 @hrhwilliam @jlharsh @walkinggirl @ginabassford @roch @hemurphy23 and others.

@stillhere814, which Mayo Clinic will you be going to? What month?

Hi, @stillhere814

I hope you have had time to review what others have commented about visiting Mayo Clinic since finding out you would be seeing Internal Medicine.

You mention confusion understanding just what will go on between two appointment dates that are a week apart from each other. I am checking in with you to see if you haven’t gotten answers or if you still have questions….maybe even additional questions.

You are in a great place to get feedback from members. Myself, I saw Internal Medicine a few years ago as part of Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine’s Consultant Services. I remember having an initial appointment for assessment then a week or so later to wrap up a summary of my Clinic visit. I had access to the doctor for 30 days following. Maybe this is what is being scheduled for you.

I am interested to hear how you doing. If you are comfortable sharing more about your situation it may help others know how to comment as well.

When are your appointments scheduled and at what Mayo Clinic location? Have you had other appointments added?