Holy Rosary Healthcare celebrates opening of cancer center in Miles City [Video]

Holy Rosary Hospital celebrated the opening of the Helmsley Cancer Center in Miles City.

Patients will no longer have to travel to Billings, which is important for expenses, support, and treatment.

“Ultimately, I chose what was best for my family ,” said Jamie Beardsley. “And I chose to drive back and forth 280 miles daily and 7,000 miles total.”

Beardsley finished 25 rounds of radiation treatment for breast cancer last December.

She was driving Monday through Friday from Miles City to Billings for treatments and back the same day to take care of her children.

“I did pretty well with radiation,” Beardsley said. “I wasn’t tired until the last few treatments. It did wear me out a little bit, but it was just a mindset. Had to do it. So I did it.”

Dee Abbott also traveled to Billings for treatments and helped with the groundbreaking last year, but she had a reoccurrence and passed away in September.

“Dee shared about her journey and how excited she …