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Shuttle service At Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida
I am planning my first visit to Mayo Clinic in Florida. I have heard there is a shuttle service. How does this work? I'm 3...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Jun 5, 2024
How to best plan and prep for my visit to Mayo Jacksonville
I have appointments scheduled at Mayo Jacksonville and want to make sure the trip is as efficient and effective as possible given cost and travel...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Mar 7, 2022
Out of state - how to get referred to multiple departments
I have my first appointment next week in Rochester. I have Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and am seeing a pulmonologist that I was referred to. Unfortunately...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Jul 10, 2024
Can in-person consultation be changed to virtual appointments?
I have my first Mayo clinic in-person trip booked for an initial consultation/assessment with several doctors/specialists over a three day period. I am having problems...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Apr 15, 2024
Out of State Patient: Surgery At Mayo/St. Mary’s - Tips
Hi,I am a patient at Mayo, and about to have surgery on a very complex situation on the wrist. I have had multiple surgeries on...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Jul 1, 2025
Charging stations for electric vehicles at Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Will be driving to Rochester's Mayo Clinic from Minneapolis. Would like to use my electric vehicle. Are there easily accessible non-Tesla charging stations near the...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Sep 21, 2022
Need help to avoid appointment cancellation!
Have been working to get my mom an appointment with Rheumatology for the past two months. We finally have one coming up on Thursday morning....
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Apr 9, 2024
Planning Mayo Clinic Visit for Epilepsy: How does it work? Lodging?
Greetings,I'm planning to make a trip to the Mayo Clinic to get reevaluated for my current condition. I been living with Epilepsy (Grand Mal Seizure)...
Support Group: Epilepsy & Seizures
Last active: Jan 16, 2018
Diagnosed in FL, but need the treatment in GA - 4hrs away
Hello - I am desperately trying to help a friend who has no family and people have pretty much given up on helping her. It...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Jan 23, 2025
Craniotomy scheduled at St. Mary's: Tips for lodging for husband?
Finally decided to have surgery and am planning logistics, such as what is a good place for husband to stay where he can be close...
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Last active: Sep 24, 2025
Anyone have experience taking a service dog?
I have a diabetic alert service dog that has saved my life many times and keeps me alive. I am wondering how service dog friendly...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Jun 11 8:21pm
Meningioma and Chiari Malformation
I am currently here at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I was diagnosed with a small meningioma in November of 2024. In November of...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Oct 15, 2025
Mayo Rochester: My suggestion for lodging when having SURGERY
I had my first Mayo Rochester visit earlier this month. I had a surgery scheduled along with various other appts (ultrasound, biopsy, and virtual and...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Jul 13 3:44pm
Still trying to decide on Mayo - I feel too sick to get well
I am UN-well enough that I really don't have a normal life and no local doctors can find answers for me. I have a lot...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Apr 15, 2020
Travel to Mayo, Rochester: Looking for tips and recommendations
Hello - I will be traveling from New Jersey to Mayo Rochester next month for my first visit and am looking for recommendations for shuttle...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Jan 7 8:04am
To stay or to go home in between
So I will be having 3 surgeries in October (3, 8, and 18th). The 1st surgery will to have an extremely large kidney stone removed...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Sep 3, 2024
Advice for financing visits to Mayo Clinic in Rochester
My husband has been dealing with an illness for a little over two years now with no diagnosis. His primary care is gathering a team...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Sep 20, 2020
Desperate, want to see the Mayo Clinic, but skeptical
I have a longstanding issue (about 3 years) of pelvic pain which has received no help from two trial of PT, some lifestyle changes (I...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Feb 9, 2024
Mayo Clinic Rochester Patient Housing
I am a MS patient I have to come to Mayo Rochester for a week coming up is there any places to stay other then...
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Last active: Jul 20, 2025
My experience with Endocrinology and more at Mayo Clinic
not sure where to post this. but I just wanted to say how GREAT my experience at Mayo was. I had 11 appts including lab...
Last active: Nov 15, 2019