Comments on: Anne de Bari

By: mayoclinic

mayoclinic — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:03:02 +0000

Thank you for your comment, and I’m sorry to hear that your treatment did not go well. Would you like to talk to someone in the Office of Patient Affairs? The number in Rochester is Minnesota: 507-284-4988.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:52:48 +0000

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2008. In September 2009 I had decided to have the other breast removed and have reconstruction done. What happened after has been a two year ordeal that I finally found a doctor outside of the Mayo system who could diagnose in 15 minutes of talking to me and can also fix what was done to me by my plastic surgeon at Mayo Clinic Eau Claire, during this time I also seen a plastic surgeon in Rochester and he said he could do nothing for me either. And that does not even mention me developing lymphedema after my surgery to place my implants which I was not banded for lymphedema precautions. This has been a loonnnggg nightmare but thankfully it will have a happy ending but with no help from the Mayo Clinic plastic surgeons.

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Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:02:53 +0000

[...] Anne and Tony de Bari are from Michigan. He’s an orthopedic surgeon, and she had just been diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer. I interviewed them the same morning I met Ted and Sheila Robb. [...]

By: Makala Johnson

Makala Johnson — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:46:26 +0000

I would recommend checking out the following Mayo Clinic website on colon cancer: http://www.mayoclinic.org/colon-cancer/

From there, you can see everything from treatment to how to request an appointment.

By: Lee Aase

Lee Aase — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:42:45 +0000

Recurrent rectal cancer especially this close to primary therapy needs
to be quickly and aggressively evaluated and treated. There are more
advanced medical therapies including the use of biologic agents which
are extremely effective. We have a very large experience with the
management of recurrent rectal cancer with a focus on a multi-
disciplinary integrated approach. I would recommend an appointment in
our GI medical oncology group as the best starting point for this
complex problem.

By: Greg Linn

Greg Linn — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:30:19 +0000

I wanted to get some feedback on what options I may have available for myself. 1 year ago I was diagnosed with Rectal Cancer. It was thought to be stage 3. I had chemo pills and Radiation. I then had the tumor removed along with 28 Lymphnodes. 2 were found to have cancer closest to the tumor. I went through Chemo until early November and through the treatments had a normal CEA. I went back for a 2 month checkup in late January and my CEA level was elevated. A CT Scan showed a new tumor forming near my tail/pelvic bone and a questionable mark in my lung. They did a biopsy of the tail bone tumor..not in bone and said the tumor, if a tumor in the lung, was too small to do a biopsy at this point. I am awaiting the results of the biopsy and am hopeful but not optimistic. What options might I have???

By: peter, sue sulfridge

peter, sue sulfridge — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:28:33 +0000

Hi Anne and Tony and Family,
Peter and I have been following your recent experience.
We think of you often and continue to pray for all.
best wishes Peter and Sue

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:30:20 +0000

I, too, am glad that you had such a successful journey with the whole Mayo system. My mother has been going there since 1985 and I can’t count the number of times she’s been at St. Mary’s. But I do know that if it wasn’t for them she wouldn’t be with us today. I’m the first one to say they aren’t perfect, they can and do make mistakes but I feel more confident in their mistakes than any other medical facitlities successes. If my mother’s doc would have only sent her there a year sooner the last 25 years would have been so different but he didnt and now Mayo has been trying to correct his mistakes ever since. I owe them everything, and you’re right, from the escorts to the top surgeons they all make you feel at home and that they listen to you. Occassionally you’ll get a doc that don’t but in the 25 years my mother’s been going there she’s only had a couple of docs that didn’t really want to hear your opinion. And what can I say about the nursing staff? We go there every 3 weeks for a checkup and unfortunately my mother has been admitted alot and there is a couple of floors (one of the being ICU) where all the nurses and secretaries know us by name and sight. Every couple of months I take them some of my homemade snack mix, it seems so small compared to what they have given me and my family. We haven’t, and hopefully never will, had to deal with oncology but she’s dealt with just about every other department since 1985 and I just can’t say enough good about the whole Mayo system. Thank you.

By: Barbara C

Barbara C — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:12:41 +0000

Toni and Anne, I am glad that you have had such a terrific experience at the Mayo Clinic. It is where my sister-in-law is receiving her care too. She has non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and is doing well, under the guidance and treatment at the Mayo Clinic.

You two are in my prayers and thoughts. I am sharing this info. with Don and Gail Kelley, who do not have a computer. They send their prayers too. They are back from Florida and we had lunch together after church this past Sunday.

Love and Prayers, Barbara Cavin