Patient Stories

In a Dateline NBC special on Thursday, May 7, Tom Brokaw will share insights from his battle with multiple myeloma. Go behind the scenes as[...]

By In the Loop • May 5, 2015

Ed Shawley had to give up fishing to search for answers and help for a rare neurodegenerative condition called multiple system atrophy, which he describes as[...]

By In the Loop • April 30, 2015

Curtis Morey returned to Mayo Clinic bearing gifts to support his fellow pediatric patients, who he calls "the strongest people I have met" and "the brightest[...]

By In the Loop • April 30, 2015

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Zeigler came to Mayo Clinic after being wounded in the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, and has made several return[...]

By In the Loop • April 28, 2015

Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State mens basketball coach, took a time out for open-heart surgery after the team's season ended. He's expected to make a full[...]

By In the Loop • April 28, 2015

When Randy Marlow's doctors in Colorado told him there was nothing more they could do to repair his heart, he was ready to give up.[...]

By In the Loop • April 21, 2015

"My son thought you could catch cancer like you can catch a cold." That's how Kelly Strenge describes an important part of her motivation to[...]

By In the Loop • April 21, 2015

  Jason Hanold was in his kitchen when one of his sons said, "Dad, your picture's on TV." Not only that, but Carson Daly was[...]

By In the Loop • April 16, 2015

Jerry O'Donnell wrote a note to himself a few weeks after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer of the duodenum. It said, simply,[...]

By In the Loop • April 14, 2015

When Tasha Schuh talks about how "the little things in life" have helped to "truly bring meaning" to her life, there's weight behind those words.[...]

By In the Loop • April 14, 2015