I honestly wish you the best and feel that you would be surprised to learn that there a probable a lot of people here at FT who have been in similar un-warranted circumstances.

Depending on where you are in life, “It could be you” will have different meanings. When I was 38 years old, on the fast track in life with 5 kids and a happy marriage only to find out that I had stage 3 carcinoma I would have traded situations with you in a moment.

The only reason I bring this up is because there are going to always be a time or two in every ones life where something comes out of left field that catches us off guard. In my case, it was the removal of my left lung and a few ribs. I now look back at my experience and call it a head scratcher. That’s when you scratch you head and think, “Wow, I didn’t see that coming.” Oh yea, to make matters worse, I never smoked!!!!

Best of luck and keep a positive head! I wish all NW employee's and NW the best in 2006. ^