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.

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[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, my symptoms are not like that at all. I went into great detail about it here: https://lemmy.world/post/12194311

It's entirely possible that my issue is, at least in part, psychosomatic, so maybe a psychiatrist will help? Who knows.

I also lost a ton of weight. I've gone from 260 at the beginning of last year to 180 now. I'm at my ideal BMI weight but I still look fat, which is fun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that is pretty different. I assumed it was similar from "can't eat solid food" but I never felt turned off from food, I'd just feel incredibly awful after eating so I stopped eating. Tried surviving on a bunch of different semi-liquid things before I found something that worked. I got medically underweight before gaining some back, and the weight loss was kind of a bonus after I felt better. People I knew told me "wow, you look great!" and I was like uh, thanks... funny how being dramatically unhealthy made people think I was more healthy.

Well, hopefully Mayo manages to find you some answers!

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 8 months ago

I hope so. Thanks!