Mayo Clinic

  • Don’t Ask, Don’t Wait

    Wait…wait…WaIT…wAiT……     This is the number one response I get from God when I petition Him–so sometimes I don’t ask, because I don’t want to wait.  This week I was a driver for a friend going to Mayo Clinic and… Continue reading

  • All I Wanted Was a Frappuccino

         Thursday (6/27) was a long day without my Sherpa. After all my scheduled appointments, I ‘checked in’ at several departments–inadvertently checking in at one twice where I said the checker, “I’m sorry ma’am, I’ve got a case of the… Continue reading

  • Searching for Answers

    Not knowing is the hardest part. After seven days at Mayo Clinic and hundreds of tests there is no definitive answer. The only words that have been thrown around are ‘systemic’ and ‘vasomotor’, but thankfully not ‘idiopathic’. I was told… Continue reading

  • Mayo Clinic – By the Numbers

    Kleenex & Itineraries The first five days at Mayo Clinic added up to more than I thought they would: 24 appointments8+ itineraries2 24hour tests 6 doctor visits4 buildings, 2 with 19 floors1 research study18 blood pressures1 sweat test1 biopsy2 cardiac… Continue reading