When I was in school, I was not in a hospital. Now, I’m in a clinic near me
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
— The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., is a beacon of medical care for those who are ill and those who have lost their lives.
It’s a rare place in which people who suffer from chronic illnesses are treated and cared for, but for many in Jacksonville it’s an uncomfortable place to be.
The city of 7.5 million is the fourth-largest in the U.S. by population, with more than 1.6 million people, and one of the most diverse cities in the country.
Jalen Jones, a 19-year-old student at the Jacksonville Community College, was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease when he was just 12.
“It was horrible, horrible,” he said.
His parents, who are both doctors, knew about Lyme disease and the need to treat it, but they were too scared.
It wasn’t until Jones was diagnosed that he was able to talk about his disease with his doctors.
At the time, the disease was not yet recognized as a condition that could cause long-term neurological damage.
But it was the first time that Jones was aware of what the disease could do to people.
He is a graduate student at Florida Atlantic University.
Jones said he’s been in and out of various hospitals in the past year.
He was diagnosed on Aug. 25.
During the summer of 2017, Jones was rushed to the Mayo Clinic, but was diagnosed the next day.
This year, the Mayo clinic is about a half-hour away from his home in Jacksonville.
He said it’s a long drive.
When he first got there, he was told that he would need to have his blood tested.
He didn’t know it was a condition called chronic Lyme, and his blood tests showed no evidence of the disease.
Then, the hospital told him that he needed to get a biopsy.
After the biopsy, the doctor said that he thought he had Lyme disease, and that the doctors would be able to help.
However, it was not until this summer that Jones had a full MRI and CT scan, and he was sent home, and was told he needed more testing.
Instead of getting the biopsies, Jones went to the doctor’s office, but that’s when the doctor told him they could not give him the test.
What they could do was send him home with antibiotics, which Jones said is a horrible way to go.
So, he decided to get an antibiotic.
Jones said he felt a bit better and then he began feeling a lot worse, so he went home again.
In his bedroom, Jones and his father are busy looking for medication.
My dad is a medical doctor, and this is his last year of medical school, and the first year of his doctorate, and my dad is going to get the diagnosis that they told me that they needed to give me, he said, Jones said.
The doctor is a big believer in the benefits of antibiotics.
They do help.
He believes in it and the drugs work, he told Jones.
That’s how he feels.
I think it’s the best thing we could have done for him, he added.
Jacksonville is home to a large number of patients with chronic conditions.
A majority of the patients have chronic diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
People with Lyme disease in Jacksonville are also more likely to be older than the general population, and are also in greater need of care, according the Mayo Center for the Study of Chronic Diseases.
More than 60 percent of Jacksonville residents have chronic Lyme.
Treatment is available at local health centers, but Jones said it is expensive.
We have to get people back to work and we have to do everything we can to help people get better, he explained.
If you want to get tested, you can go to the hospital and get an appointment, but you don’t know what the outcome will be.
If you are going to a hospital, they will not have the ability to take a blood sample, Jones added.
You have to go in with an antibiotic or a biopsied sample.
And that can cost about $200.
I know that’s expensive, but I just can’t afford that,” he added, laughing.
For Jones, getting treated for Lyme disease is a daunting and frustrating experience.
Some people who have been treated don’t want to go back.
As a result, the Jacksonville hospital has a new policy that they can’t send people back for the biopies, but it doesn’t have a timeline on when that might change.
Another challenge is that many people who get antibiotics don’t have the medications that they need to be in the best physical condition
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., is a beacon of medical care for those who are ill and…
