Tag Archives: brain tumor

Suiting up for a celebration

April 5th, 2013 - 12:05 pm

“My sweet boy,” Deborah Morey said as she practically skipped across the room to join him in a group photograph. The boy is her son, 15-year-old Curtis Morey, who was diagnosed with medulloblastoma (a type of brain tumor) on Jan. 27, 2012. … Continue reading →

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Forever a teacher

December 22nd, 2012 - 8:00 am

Artist and teacher Cynthia Amendt sees her teaching — and her health — reach new levels through participation in a clinical trial. Continue reading →

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For Better, For Worse

December 21st, 2012 - 8:00 am

Surgery and an investigational drug give brain tumor patient much more than anyone expected. Continue reading →

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Rare brain tumor couldn’t stop her

December 10th, 2012 - 8:00 pm

A rare brain tumor couldn’t stop Laurie Beach from enjoying the life she dreamed of. Continue reading →

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Blood Donations Help Keep Young Man Alive

October 11th, 2012 - 8:53 am

“I am a brain tumor survivor who spent 10 weeks at the wonderful Mayo Clinic. During this time, I had many bleeding complications. The doctors had to give me blood products on multiple occasions. Simply put, without those blood donations, … Continue reading →

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Jordan Mills: Fighting the Unseen Enemy, Part II

June 20th, 2012 - 6:00 am

Following radiation therapy and chemotherapy treatment at Mayo Clinic for a brain stem glioma, the tumor which had threatened Jordan Mills’ life, had shrunk. Jordan’s life continued full of happy events. He married his fiancée, Kelly, in June 2009, and bought his … Continue reading →

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Jordan Mills: Fighting the Unseen Enemy, Part I

June 19th, 2012 - 10:46 am

Jordan Mills is a man’s man. Enlisted in the U.S. military in 2004, Jordan was deployed around the world, serving in countries as diverse as Japan, Korea and Afghanistan. But “after my first combat deployment,” Jordan says, “I started noticing … Continue reading →

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Jacob Harpel’s Thanksgiving Story

November 25th, 2010 - 8:55 am

Eight-year-old Jacob Harpel from Glencoe, Minn., was diagnosed with a plum-sized brain tumor the day before Thanksgiving last year. He had aggressive brain surgery at Mayo Clinic in August to remove the tumor; with the surgery he had a 50% … Continue reading →

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Jill Camirand: Off and Running

March 26th, 2010 - 6:00 am

Jill Camirand likes to keep moving. When she finished college in New Hampshire the first thing she did was get on a train and go. She didn’t have a particular destination in mind, she just wanted to see where it … Continue reading →

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"It really should be called The Mayo Family"

February 8th, 2010 - 2:00 am

Andrew Mork is being treated at Mayo Clinic for juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, a rare cancer of the brain and spinal cord. Andrew’s mother, Corrie, shared their Mayo Clinic last summer via e-mail, and they also decided to tell about their experience … Continue reading →

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