Hedwig ‘Sue’ Bischoff laughs while telling a story at her home in New Bern, N.C. on Monday August 19, 2013. Bischoff had a posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy, a new minimally invasive adrenal gland surgery performed at Duke University Hospital and has experienced a quicker-than-normal recuperation. (Photo By: Jason A. Frizzelle)

