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A Wing and a Prayer

Veteran Beats Prostate Cancer with Help from Proton Therapy “I remember it like it was yesterday.” James Cook, Knoxville resident and U.S. Army veteran, remembers the day he received his prostate cancer diagnosis. He was devastated. “I just about broke down in tears. My first thought was ‘why me?’ I started packing my bags, both […]

Amazing Gracie

A Patricia Neal Outpatient Clinic Success Story  “Everything has a purpose,” Gracie Hyde says as she sits with her parents at the Patricia Neal Outpatient Clinic at Roane Medical Center. “Even if you can’t see it.” Wise beyond her years and with a fighting spirit, Gracie, 15, has a condition called complex regional pain syndrome […]

Soccer mom, teacher, and stroke survivor

School teacher Stephanie Blackstock remembers staring out at the world from inside a body that was rendered helpless.

LeConte Cardiac Rehab Helps Ron Rowe Enjoy Life

Ron Rowe, 71, is an energetic, youthful senior who can still hit an inside-the-park homer, climb a tree with a chainsaw in hand, and chase the great grandkids.

Cardiac Rehab Helps Frank Kolski Overcome Exercise Fear after Heart Attack

After Frank Kolski’s heart attack, Nicholaos Xenopoulos, MD, placed two stents in Kolsi’s blocked arteries and ordered 36 one-hour cardiac rehabilitation outpatient sessions. But the idea of exercising frightened Kolski. “I’ll be honest with you, I was afraid,” says Kolski. “What are these exercises going to do to me? Would they cause another heart attack? […]

Patient Whose Heart was Broken Twice Thankful to be Alive

After an emotional service memorializing her late husband and others who had passed away, Jessie Hood, 81, began experiencing chest pain on the way home.

“Talking” Defibrillator Vest Keeps Patient’s Heart Beating En Route to Hospital

Billy Rayburn was finishing his morning routine when he received the shock of his life. The 79-year-old Harriman man had been released

Teenager Sarah Hill Undergoes Ablation to Restore Heart’s Rhythm

From the time Sarah Hill was in 7th grade, she knew something was wrong. The Maryville resident says she began to feel a strange fluttering her heart,