Fayette County

Commissioner A.G. VanLandingham is resting comfortably at home this week

after surgery at Fayette Community Hospital last week.

"I came

home Saturday, and I'm feeling pretty good," he said.

VanLandingham

underwent surgery last week for an ulcerated mass on his colon. When the

doctors were doing the surgery, they found "something else"

that will require the commissioner to undergo chemotherapy next month.

"They

didn't find anything really definite, but they're going to proceed like

something is there," he said.

of next month, he'll have a port inserted to start the chemotherapy treatment,

but doesn't anticipate missing any further County Commission meetings.

"The prognosis

is a lot better than it was four or five days ago. We've gotten some good

reports," he said.

VanLandingham

is the second commissioner to deal with a serious health problem this

year. Earlier in the year, Commissioner Peter Pfeifer missed several months

due to bleeding on the brain.