Mayo sheds light on skin cancer awareness
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MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Today marks the start of Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato is highlighting the risks and signs of the illness.
The Skin Cancer Foundation says more than 5 million cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year, making it the most common form of cancer in the U.S.
Though many associate sunshine with summer months, sun exposure happens year-round. Factors such as fair skin, a history of severe sunburn, and having more than 50 moles on your body can make you more susceptible to the cancer.
By Brian Arola
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Aggie Morgan, 74, of Kasota, experiences a virtual hot air balloon ride through a virtual reality headset as her oncology nurse Kerry Olson (right) and her daughter, Klaire, 13, watch. Morgan had long wanted to go on a hot air balloon ride. She recently transitioned to hospice care for terminal multiple myeloma, so Olson brought her daughter in to help set up the virtual reality experience. Brian Arola
While everyone in the room watched her, Aggie Morgan was flying high thanks to a virtual reality experience set up by her oncology nurse.
Headset on, the 74-year-old Kasota, Minnesota, woman felt like she was suspended in a hot air balloon looking down at the Rio Grande in Texas. Aggie and her husband, John, are familiar with the area from vacationing down in Texas during the winter.
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Mankato womanâs dream comes true through virtual reality By Kat Barrett and Gage Cureton | April 9, 2021 at 6:09 PM CDT - Updated April 9 at 9:37 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) â Virtual reality can be very realistic. It allows people to experience things they never thought possible.
Between scuba diving, jumping out of an airplane and battling multiple myeloma, you would think Aggie Morgan has seen it all, but there is one thing she has always longed for: a hot-air balloon ride.
Kerry Olson, an oncology nurse at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, has been treating Aggie for the last 10 years.
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