Patient Stories

You want to know that your health care providers truly care about you and your family. Providing patients with the ideal health care experience is our goal at CentraCare. Below, you will find stories from real CentraCare patients — about their experiences with our hospital, medical providers, and staff. We hope these will give you more of an idea of what to expect when you come to one of our hospitals or clinics in Central Minnesota for your health care needs.

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Featured Patient Story

Woman’s Radiation Wound Healing With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Woman’s Radiation Wound Healing With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Wound Care
After undergoing 60 sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Tauna Quimby’s radiation wound is finally healing. Two years ago, Tauna noticed a knot behind her knee and figured it was a cyst. Over the course of several months, the mass grew to the size of a ping-pong ball. That’s when she knew it was time to seek out medical care. Tauna was diagnosed with pleomorphic liposarcoma, a cancerous tumor behind her knee. She underwent ...
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  • Knee Injury Opens Eyes to Orthopedic Options Orthopedics

    The whole process with CentraCare exceeded my expectations and I would definitely recommend others to them as they were recommended to me.

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  • Beating the Odds: An All-Arterial Bypass Surgery to a Wedding Heart & Vascular Care

    Our family appreciated that Dr. Castro wasn’t going to discharge Kyle if he was not ready, but at the same time he understood Kyle’s wish to be at his daughter’s wedding.

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  • Woman’s Radiation Wound Healing With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Wound Care

    I felt like real-life Sleeping Beauty while I was laying there. Your ears kind of pop a little bit like you’re on an airplane, but you just lay there and breathe the air.

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  • Austin's Story Orthopedics

    I’m an elementary school gym teacher. I could still do my job — I just wasn’t able to do it the way I wanted to. I’m a younger guy and it’s nice because kids want to play with you, and you want to show them things yourself … and unfortunately, I had to take more of a backseat.

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  • Elijah’s Story Heart & Vascular Care

    I feel very lucky that I was at work when this happened. I think about that a lot and am so thankful I was where I needed to be when I needed care.

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  • A Proactive Approach to Heart Health and AFib After COVID Heart & Vascular Care

    We are so fortunate to have such top-notch medical care right here in our community.

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  • St. Cloud Hospital Delivers with Pasteurized Donor Human Milk Birthing Services

    For mothers who want to exclusively breastfeed, pasteurized donor human milk allows moms to work on milk supply while still offering an opportunity to bond with baby.

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  • Caregiver: Sharon's Story Cancer Care

    It helped me feel more positive, like life was coming back to me.

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  • William Marthaler

    I am grateful to St. Cloud Hospital and their commitment to heart treatments, all of which seemed futuristic to me.

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  • Hunter's Story Orthopedics

    Today I can run, work — there is nothing that I haven’t been able to not do yet. Everything is a little more challenging, but I can still do it.

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