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General Surgery

Patient Stories

  • To Test or Not to Test – Genetics, That Is

    So I wonder if anyone else spent part of Tuesday, May 14, 2013, pondering what they would do. Would they take the test to learn if they were at increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer? What if it came back positive? ...

  • Dan Smith

    Dan Smith

    When Dan Smith experienced numbness in his hand, arm and cheek, he came to Mayo Clinic where doctors diagnosed a cavernous malformation.

  • Margie Hartmann and Jessica McNeil

    Jessica McNeil

    Talk about a strong mother-daughter bond — Margie Hartmann and her daughter, Jessica McNeil, had Gamma Knife surgery on the same day.

  • Christina George

    Christina George

    Epilepsy surgery was a scary thing, but it was the miracle Christina needed to go forth and grow.

  • Tiffany Hanson

    Tiffany Hanson

    Epilepsy surgery ended Tiffany Hanson's seizures and started a new, active life.

  • Emily Crawford

    Emily Crawford

    Thorough evaluation at Mayo Clinic solved the mystery of why Emily Crawford was having seizures, and successful removal of a brain tumor stopped them from occurring.

  • Irma Poznecki – Far from an "ordinary" mom

    Inspiration comes in many forms – for Irma Poznecki, a 45-year-old mother of three from Anthem, Ariz., it was brownies and cupcakes. In late 2009, Irma was diagnosed with breast cancer. The news came as an obvious shock to Irma ...

  • Robert Horner

    Ten Years and Still Cancer Free

    Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, with a 20 percent relative survival rate after one-year and a four percent survival rate after five-years for all stages combined, according to the American Cancer ...

  • Joan Dymand-Hintz

    Arizona Mom Recounts Battling Breast Cancer While Pregnant

    Joan Dymand-Hintz was in her early 40′s when she became pregnant with her daughter. The happiness she and her husband Marc Hintz felt was short-lived. A week after learning she was pregnant, Joan, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based singer and mother of ...

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