Patient Stories Print After 12 opinions, Mayo Clinic became her 'lucky number 13' After years of unexplained symptoms and incorrect diagnoses, a former Division I athlete and nurse finally received a diagnosis — and coordinated care — that saved her life. For years, Sara Hutchinson tried to make sense of a body that no longer felt like her own. Sara's symptoms began in 2016, when she was 21 and balancing life as a Division I rower and nursing student at the University of Iowa. Despite an intense training… "Given a shot" to beat an aggressive cancerNear the end of 2021, Lisa Hocking developed symptoms of head congestion, sinus pressure and headaches. After taking antibiotics for what was thought to be sinusitis didn't ease her symptoms, she underwent a CT. The CT revealed a mass that extended from her sinuses through the base of her skull adjacent to her brain. With the revelation of this complex diagnosis, Lisa realized that she needed an advanced care center to guide her. After witnessing… PST-20216824 patient-consumer Patient Stories