Daily Archives: December 5, 2012

My 30-Year Journey with Mayo


My name is Ardyth Carpenter, and in 1982, I went to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, after experiencing a TIA. While there, Mayo’s work up discovered a malignancy in my right breast. I had no ill effects from the “mini-stroke” … Continue reading

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Mother and daughter bond over brain surgery


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

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