Items Tagged ‘pituitary tumor’
August 14, 2019
From Tumor to Toddler: A Montana Man’s Path to Fatherhood
As a newlywed couple trying to have a baby, Derin and Sandra Gebhardt were anxious and worried when they failed to conceive. But Mayo Clinic surgeons provided new hope after successfully removing a tumor near Derin’s brain that was the cause of their infertility and the root of his other health problems.
August 31, 2016
After Treatment for Pituitary Tumor, Pastry Chef is Ready for Sweet Smell of Ordinary Life
Jessie Brenholt is a certified pastry chef who would like to open a bakery one day. “If the ingredients were free, I’d give out cakes to everyone,” she says. For a while, the 23-year-old’s dream seemed to be in jeopardy. After months of being sick with weight loss, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and vision problems, Jessie […]
Tags: clinical trials, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, pituitary tumor, Proton Beam Therapy
October 28, 2009
By Lee Aase 
Brenda Bonds, a Mayo Clinic patient from Wisconsin, shared this story recently via email. To share your story, click here for options. Pain is a fascinating phenomenon. The stronger it gets, the more it steals your life away. And I was clinging to mine. But four years earlier, a few random pains were only a […]
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