For Amy: FW: Say No to Mayo!

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Hi Amy,

I saw your email about maybe going to the Mayo clinic and asking if anyone

had any experience. I remembered the email below and am forwarding for

info. Since this opinion is over four years old things may have changed ---

or not. If I find any others I'll forward. Regards, El

rheumatic Say No to Mayo!

I recently went to the Mayo Clinic in sdale, AZ. It was an awful waste

of time and money. I do not recommend it to anyone with a serious medical

issue. The primary physician was not knowledgeable about Rheumatic

conditions.

Clearly their first and main priority is business, the patients welfare

comes a distant second. I was never even scheduled a visit for me with a

Rheumatologist for the 5 days I was there. When I intervened and insisted

upon it later in the week, I was told it was too late to see one that week.

The finance people tried to talk me out of most my scheduled visits within

the clinic when I suggested it was too costly. They did not offer financial

assstance, only a reduction in whom I was to see. I am not insured for

this. I had contradictory advice about what to do and who to see and nobody

there to address my concerns. They are all about making money. They do not

care about good medicine or the patient's welfare.

I did see some good practitioners such as a physicians assistant in

Rheumatology, and others knowledgeable in their field, but not a

Rheumatologist MD. Certainly that was not worth the $10,000+ I was told I'd

be charged for the visit. Over $4000 just for an MRI just of my feet and

ankles. My knees, which are hurting me as we speak, were NEVER examined

despite my protestations. Most of my medical reports are missing, I never

received them, even after faxing the clinic. Nor did I get any written or

practical advice for follow-up care.

Do not go to this clinic. It is an affront to people with a medical

problem, esp. Rheumatic, and to human beings everywhere.