Duly Stories

When retired U.S. Mar­shal Ed S. went for a rou­tine check­up, he nev­er expect­ed to hear the words ​“can­cer in your pan­creas, lung, and esoph­a­gus”, or that he’d still be thriv­ing over two years lat­er. His secret was­n’t just the treat­ment, but find­ing a med­ical team that made him feel like fam­i­ly and gave him the strength to keep fighting.

When Glen Ellyn Police Chief Philip Nor­ton was diag­nosed with melanoma, his fight didn’t end with recov­ery. Watch how his care jour­ney sparked a mis­sion to pro­tect fel­low offi­cers, and why ear­ly detec­tion mat­ters more than ever.

When long­time chemist Willie faced a poten­tial can­cer diag­no­sis, he approached it like any com­plex for­mu­la, by weigh­ing every option care­ful­ly. His search for pre­cise, less inva­sive treat­ment led him to Duly, where expert care and trust made all the difference.

Hav­ing the right OB-GYN can make all the dif­fer­ence in your preg­nan­cy jour­ney. When Ash­ley went into labor two weeks ear­ly, her doctor’s guid­ance, sup­port, and exper­tise helped her feel con­fi­dent in every deci­sion. Read her sto­ry to see how com­pas­sion­ate care shaped her birth expe­ri­ence — and why it meant every­thing for her grow­ing family.

For Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er Saman­tha P., her jour­ney in health­care has come full cir­cle. She returned to the same office where she was once a patient, work­ing along­side Duly fam­i­ly med­i­cine physi­cian, Dr. Scott Love, who has been her pri­ma­ry care physi­cian since she was just three months old.

Moments before he col­lapsed, Lar­ry L. felt some­thing was wrong. What hap­pened next is a blur, but one thing remains crys­tal clear — that sin­gle moment for­ev­er altered the course of his life.

Michael S., 52, has always bal­anced his career as a com­put­er spe­cial­ist with fam­i­ly and adven­ture. As emp­ty nesters, he and his wife, Tina, enjoy trav­el­ing, stay­ing active and cheer­ing on their daugh­ter, a col­le­giate vol­ley­ball play­er. How­ev­er, Michael’s life took an unex­pect­ed turn dur­ing a vis­it with friends. 

For Jim Z., an active 61-year-old, feel­ing wind­ed after rou­tine activ­i­ties seemed like a nor­mal part of aging. But a day of base­ball drills with his son changed everything.

Sherry’s sto­ry began with an unex­pect­ed nudge — a pain on her left side while exer­cis­ing that just didn’t sit right. ​“I hadn’t had a mam­mo­gram in three years. Life hap­pens — there was the pan­dem­ic, my kids had health­care needs, and, like most moms, I for­got about myself. But some­thing was telling me this pain wasn’t normal.”

Tiffany is an open book when she talks about her health jour­ney — and how a pain­less, pen­cil-eras­er-sized lump in her breast led to a breast can­cer diag­no­sis that she says changed her life…for the better.