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Dear Editor,

I would like to update our wonderful community on my medical status.

With the help of friends, family, local business and many, many community members, we were able to go to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota in June, expecting to have brain surgery. After three very long and extensive days of testing, the surgeon (Dr. Link) along with sev- eral of his associates made the decision to put brain surgery on hold. He felt he would do more damage than good, due to the location of the tumor.

At this point I have the entire Neurological Depart- ment of the Mayo Clinic stumped as t...