'I didn't think I was ever going to be here again': Local woman beats volleyball-sized tumor

'I didn't think I was ever going to be here again': Local woman beats volleyball-sized tumor

CASPER, Wyo. — At 80 years old, it seemed like nothing could slow down Karen Canchola. At least, until doctors found a tumor the size of a volleyball growing on her lungs.Now, after undergoing surgery in January to remove the growth, the Natrona County resident is making a swift recovery and is ready to return to her active lifestyle, which includes roping and tending to her horses.Roughly 15 years ago, doctors alerted Canchola to a solitary fib…