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JOHN: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @nyxygirl: Before joining Mayo Clinic Connect, I had downloaded a patient brochure about understanding polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR),…
Wishing you moments of peace and joy this holiday season. May the strength we find in our connections and conversations offer light and hope, and…
TERESA: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @nohrt4me: I was diagnosed in 2014, at age 60 with essential thrombocythemia with CALR mutation (ET-CALR) a…
TERESA: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @mnewland99: I found Mayo Clinic Connect by chance when I was searching the Internet for information about…
ROSEMARY: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @jc76: I do not remember specifically how it occurred. I have been a patient at Mayo Clinic…
JOHN: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @kayabbott: Questions. I’m always seeking answers and was trying to get more info about post-COVID recovery. I…
ROSEMARY: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @katgob: I found Mayo Clinic while looking up information online about the BRCA2 gene, ovarian cancer and…
TERESA: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @verol65: In December 2022, I had a transanal excision of a very low rectal polyp. The biopsy…
TERESA: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @cindysummit: When I received my diagnosis of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (a rare type of kidney cancer…
TERESA: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @flusshund: My doctor(s) didn’t prepare me for the long-term effects of chemo and radiation. I was looking…
ROSEMARY: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @edsutton: Curiosity. I had signed up for the Mayo Clinic Diet program, a paid digital weight loss…
JOHN: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @dbeshears1: I was struck suddenly by a disabling condition a few years ago. In my large network,…
TERESA: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @marciak9: I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October 2022. The tumor was wrapped around an aorta…
ROSEMARY: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @SusanEllen66: At the very end of 2015, I was diagnosed by my dermatologist with a very…
JOHN: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @kujhawk1978: When my urologist diagnosed me in January 2014, he reviewed the biopsy report with me. I…
New support groups continue to be added as the online community grows. Recent additions: Bladder Cancer Kidney Cancer Liver Cancer Sarcoma Connect with others like…
TERESA: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @tomrennie: Mayo Clinic has been my primary care provider for about 20 years. At the initial consult…
JOHN: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @roch: Breast cancer. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer at Mayo Clinic, they handed me a…
TERESA: What motivates you to take part in Mayo Clinic Connect? @lbrockme: My desire to encourage hope in others is what motivates me to be…
ROSEMARY: What brought you to Mayo Clinic Connect? @stephanierp: When I was 33, I was diagnosed with PKD, Polycystic Kidney Disease, which took out my…
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