Arizona Mom Recalls Battling Breast Cancer While Pregnant
Joan Dymand-Hintz was in her early 40’s when she became pregnant with her daughter. The happiness she and her husband Marc Hintz felt was short-lived. A week after learning she was pregnant, Joan, a Scottsdale, Ariz. – based singer and mother of two sons, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Joan came to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion in hopes she would not have to terminate her pregnancy in order to treat the cancer. Joan said her Mayo doctors, which included Dr. Donald Northfelt and Dr …
