Duly Stories

Krsti­na H. spent near­ly two years strug­gling with pain, food intol­er­ance and dif­fi­cul­ty gain­ing weight before being diag­nosed with supe­ri­or mesen­teric artery (SMA) syn­drome. With guid­ance from Duly physi­cians Elias J. Koliopou­los, MD, and Jihad Kudsi, MD, she under­went robot­ic surgery to bypass the intesti­nal com­pres­sion. Today, Krsti­na is gain­ing weight, eat­ing com­fort­ably and get­ting back to every­day life.

Team Duly rode, vol­un­teered, and sup­port­ed the dia­betes com­mu­ni­ty at the ADA Tour de Cure – Chicagoland, with one #Duly­Good­er step­ping in to help a cyclist in need.

When severe leg pain sud­den­ly left Ray unable to walk, Duly Health and Care’s Ortho­pe­dics, Pain Med­i­cine, and Spine teams worked togeth­er to quick­ly diag­nose a her­ni­at­ed disc caus­ing nerve com­pres­sion. Less than two weeks after seek­ing care, Ray under­went min­i­mal­ly inva­sive spine surgery and expe­ri­enced imme­di­ate relief, help­ing him get back on the road to recovery.

After suc­cess­ful­ly nav­i­gat­ing stage 1 breast can­cer treat­ment at Duly Health and Care, Sara G. found a mean­ing­ful way to sup­port oth­er women fac­ing a sim­i­lar jour­ney. Inspired by her own recov­ery, she now knits hand­made breast pros­the­ses through Knit­ted Knock­ers, help­ing mas­tec­to­my patients find com­fort, con­fi­dence, and hope while giv­ing back to a com­mu­ni­ty she under­stands firsthand.

Joe went in for a rou­tine check-up with no symp­toms, but an unex­pect­ed find­ing led to a diag­no­sis of tes­tic­u­lar can­cer. From that moment, his care moved quick­ly, with a con­nect­ed team of Duly spe­cial­ists guid­ing him through test­ing, surgery, and treat­ment. Along the way, he felt sup­port­ed, informed, and con­fi­dent in his care. Today, Joe is can­cer-free and grate­ful for the team that helped him move for­ward with clar­i­ty and confidence.

Saman­tha once thought she’d nev­er live to see her wed­ding day, much less have the ener­gy to walk down the aisle. Here’s how a bariatric sur­geon who saved her moth­er’s life helped her reclaim her own, and why the jour­ney start­ed with a con­ver­sa­tion, not a decision.

Sarah L. and her hus­band were filled with antic­i­pa­tion as they pre­pared to wel­come their baby. But in the midst of that joy, Sarah noticed some­thing unex­pect­ed — a lump under her arm, fol­lowed by anoth­er in her breast. Trust­ing her instincts, she didn’t wait to act. 

For near­ly 10 years, Bob­by lived with excru­ci­at­ing back pain that kept him awake every night and made lift­ing his tod­dler unbear­able. One surgery changed every­thing; now he’s com­plete­ly pain-free.

The best health­care providers don’t just treat con­di­tions, they trans­form lives. Learn what sets tru­ly excep­tion­al med­ical care apart from the rest in Shan­na’s story.

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.