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Cancer Appointments Within 48 Hours

Our Oncology Access Center team members will schedule your initial comprehensive appointment with a Duke Oncology provider. Learn more.

J'Asia Harrington smiles in downtown Fayetteville, March 2024. Inset, J'Asia the day of her weight loss surgery, October, 2021.

Gastric Sleeve Helps Teen Overcome Obesity and Get Her Life Back on Track

J’Asia Harrington was overweight as a little girl, but her weight ballooned when she entered her teen years. By the time she was 14 years old, she weighed 362 pounds. Two years ago, the Fayetteville teen had weight loss surgery at Duke Health. Now, 18, she weighs 225 and continues to lose weight. “It was a hard, long journey, but it was worth it,” she said.

From left, Jen in a hospital bed surrounded by friends, Mary leaving the hospital with two friends, Mary and her doctor

‘Third Time’s the Charm’ for Indianapolis Woman After Third Lung Transplant at Duke

Only 23 people have undergone three double lung transplants in the U.S. as of February 2024. Thirteen of those were performed at Duke Health. Jennifer Weber of Indianapolis is one of them. 

For most of her life, Weber has lived with cystic fibrosis, a condition that damaged her lungs and other organs. Her first and second transplants were performed in Indiana. After she experienced signs of rejection for the third time, her doctors told her to go to Duke where doctors have performed more than half of the third lung transplants in the U.S. After a year-long recovery, Weber, 50, is back to playing cello in the symphony and just signed up for a mini-marathon.

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