Commissioner returns to work after surgery for cancer

Welshimer

Welshimer

Sedgwick County commissioner Gwen Welshimer is back at the bench after recent surgery for uterine cancer.

Welshimer, who is running for re-election, shared with her colleagues today that doctors have told her she won’t need chemotherapy or radiation.

Welshimer joked that her surgeon was a robot named Walter. She drew laughs when she said he seemed to be missing a head.