<html><head><base href="file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi John,<div><br></div><div>Glad to hear everything went well. Hope to see you out flying this summer at one of the district meets.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 4, 2009, at 5:52 PM, John Foglesong wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div id="ridBody" bgcolor="#ffffff" background="cid:021DB03582D345EEB5D220075A9B46E7@imminentqfx62t" style="margin-top: 0em; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; "><div><br> </div><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0em; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The surgery went smooth and the tumor is out... It was huge and shaped like the state of Louisiana ( a big upside down "L"), roughly a bit larger than an 8 1/2 x 14 sheet of paper and weighing in at around 3 to 4 pounds with the top attached to my Pelvis bone and the rest wound amongst the various muscles and other things in my thigh.. The operation took roughly 4 hours. Two days after the extraction I sat in a chair normally for the first time in many months. Since January I have lost a total of almost 50 pounds (Jenny Craig eat your heart out !!!) I found that I have an amazing friend base and am totally grateful for all they have done over this time when they were severely needed. Quite an adventure overall.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> </span>An interesting and sometimes very tough and painful test for my inner strength and spirit -- Time for healing the things of life which have accumulated in my memory and soul and the ways I have created for dealing or working around<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>with them – and learning more about these things called grace and forgiveness all while still heading in a positive direction for overall healing and growth, development and communication abilities. What an amazing time has been given to me for the preparation of life still to come.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-dist8 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" style="margin-top: 0em; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; ">NSRCA-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist8" style="margin-top: 0em; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; ">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist8</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>