{"id":207256,"date":"2020-09-03T14:19:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T19:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=207256"},"modified":"2020-09-03T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T19:19:25","slug":"diane-feists-story-jrmc-cancer-center-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=207256","title":{"rendered":"Diane Feist’s Story: JRMC Cancer Center experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Jamestown\u00a0\u00a0 (JRMC)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 One woman dealt with a pandemic and a cancer diagnosis, all in the same six months.<\/p>\n

The story\u2019s beginning will give you goosebumps.<\/p>\n

Diane Feist, of Edgeley, chose Jamestown Regional Medical Center\u2019s Emergency Department for her care in March. She\u2019d felt pain in her abdomen and experienced issues with her liver. The ED team asked for a CT scan from JRMC radiology, which is standard practice.<\/p>\n

What wasn\u2019t standard were the results.<\/p>\n

The images showed spider-like dots \u2013 dots that require action.<\/p>\n

Feist only knew of her breast cancer because Dr. Madhusudhan Reddy caught it reading the CT scan of her abdomen.<\/p>\n

Dr. Reddy said, We\u2019re trained to see incidentals like this.\u00a0 Even if we\u2019re looking at the abdomen, we\u2019re trained to look elsewhere. I saw this and it bothered me. I thought it was important to follow-up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because of Dr. Reddy\u2019s diligence, the wife, mother, grandmother and daycare provider got a six-month head start on her treatment.<\/p>\n

She Says, \u201cMy doctor told me to get those checked out right away. My next mammogram wasn\u2019t until August, so I\u2019m glad I found out when I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once she received her diagnosis, Feist acted quickly and aggressively. She underwent a bilateral mastectomy (surgically removing both breasts) in April. From there, she met with Dr. Jeff Wiisanen at Sanford Health\u2019s Roger Maris Cancer Center for her first chemotherapy treatment.<\/p>\n

JRMC partnered with Roger Maris to open the JRMC Cancer Center in 2019.<\/p>\n

After her first visit, she learned she could continue to receive all the care she needed, closer to home. Dr. Wiisanen even travels to JRMC each month.<\/p>\n

Feist adds, \u201cI\u2019ve been telling people how awesome it is here, \u00a0it\u2019s a calming environment with an awesome team including Oncology Nurse Practitioner Laura Bond and Registered Nurses Garret Hillius and K.C. Robison.<\/p>\n

Though any cancer journey is complicated and scary, treating cancer during a pandemic is especially challenging.<\/p>\n

He husband Steve says, \u201cIt was hard for me to drop her off at the hospital for surgery. \u00a0husband, I couldn\u2019t even go in with her for her procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite both the pandemic and the cancer diagnosis, Diane never closed her daycare, which cares for five children ages 2-6.<\/p>\n

She says, \u201cWe talked about closing and Steve was worried. However, we have amazing families. Whenever a child had even the littlest sniffle, our families kept their little ones home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through it all, Diane said her family felt support from the entire Edgeley community. More than 75 vehicles drove by their house for a surprise Prayer Parade in May.<\/p>\n

Her family says she is pretty heroic, especially her children Kelsey, Seth, Jordan and Cole. Kelsey and Seth, attended Diane\u2019s graduation.<\/p>\n

Diane points out, \u201cAs funny as this all sounds, this has been a good experience. It has made me a better person. It has made me stronger in my faith. It\u2019s life-changing for sure.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

She\u2019s so grateful, she\u2019s convincing her friends from out of state to receive their care here as well, adding, \u201cJRMC is definitely a destination for care,\u201d she said. \u201cI can\u2019t say enough good about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diane is the ninth person from the JRMC Cancer Center to ring the graduation bell. The bell is important, because it was a gift to the hospital from the Marsha Leigh Espeseth family. Marsha Espeseth died from cancer in 1987. She was 34 years old. Her husband and grown children donated the bell in her memory, so people today could ring the bell that she never could.<\/p>\n

And though she is the ninth to graduate, she is the first to use the on-body Neulasta. The Neulasta is a little matchbox-size pack that attaches to the belly. It\u2019s stimulates the growth of white blood cells, fighting infection and rebuilding immune responses.<\/p>\n

In its first year, the JRMC Cancer Center saved 244,000 miles of travel. Now that individuals can receive this kind of care close to home or even at home, JRMC expects to save even more.<\/p>\n

JRMC President & CEO Mike Delfs, says, \u201cOur mission at JRMC is to exceed expectations and be THE difference in the lives of those we serve. This is one way to do that,\u201d<\/p>\n

For Diane and her family, graduation day was a happy, tear-filled day.<\/p>\n

She says, \u201cI\u2019m lost for words about how happy I am.\u00a0 I hope I can put this all behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about the JRMC Cancer Center or to schedule care, visit www.jrmcnd.com\/cancer<\/a>. To learn how we are keeping patients safe, visit www.jrmcnd.com\/covid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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About Jamestown Regional Medical Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th<\/sup> St. SW, Jamestown, N.D. and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. In 2019, it was named a \u201cTop 100 Critical Access Hospital\u201d for the sixth consecutive year. Modern Healthcare named JRMC a \u201cBest Places to Work in Healthcare\u201d each year since 2017.\u00a0 For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com<\/a> or call (701) 952-1050.<\/p>\n

About the JRMC Cancer Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jamestown Regional Medical Center, in partnership with Sanford Health, opened the JRMC Cancer Center in 2019. The JRMC Cancer Center serves 100 people from Sanford and other healthcare organizations in the Jamestown area each month, saving more than 160,000 miles of travel each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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