I am going to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN next week and I’m told I could expect to be there up to 10 days. From my searching, it seems like there is very little to do in Rochester and I have a feeling I’ll have plenty of down time, so I would love some suggestions of what I can do other than sit in my AirBnB with my notebook.

There are some issues which will restrict what I can do and that won’t help-

The weather is not supposed to be great there next week, so outside things are probably not a possibility, and doing something like driving up to Minneapolis probably won’t be realistic.

I’m not really an athletics/sports person and I do drink alcohol, but it’s probably not a good idea for me to since I’ll be getting medical tests, so those areas probably won’t work either.

Finally, I’m going to the Mayo Clinic due to an undiagnosed disorder where I can’t eat solid foods, so unfortunately, restaurants are also not doable.

Anything else I’m interested in. It looks like there’s an art museum, but I’m guessing it isn’t very big. It looks like there is a trolley to ride around on, but I’m guessing that doesn’t exactly take a long time either. I also see that there’s a Spam museum (as in the meat, not the email thing) in a town not too far away that I might visit- it’s gotta be weird as hell.

But I can’t find much else.

  • Flying SquidOP
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    110 months ago

    Oh nice to hear about Mayo, I’ll see about taking a tour. I’m expecting to be in the hospital a bunch too, but I will be pretty anxious just sitting around and I know I’ll want to get out.

    Anyway, I hope they helped you and I hope they’ll help me. Thanks!

    • Zeppo
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      310 months ago

      Yeah, I just wrote posted a diatribe about my experiences there too if you’re interested. What they did would have been great if what they tested for was actually what was wrong with me at the time. Unfortunately they kind of let me choose my own tests, which was really nice, but it turns out I’m, you know, not a doctor and didn’t ask for the right things, then they didn’t really investigate other possibilities.

      • Flying SquidOP
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        110 months ago

        Ah, yeah, that kind of sucks. I hope that isn’t what happens with me. That said, I gave them a pile of papers showing all the tests I already have which showed nothing, so maybe I will have less of that.

        • Zeppo
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          210 months ago

          Hopefully it’s straightforward, and best wishes! Enjoy your radioactive sandwich!