Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, has undergone radiation treatment for prostate cancer for the past two months, he told The Tribune. He'll continue treatments throughout the session.

"There's a pretty good prognosis if it hasn't gone outside yet," Noel said, adding the cancer hasn't spread. "I'm just right now learning a whole lot about cancer."

Rep. Carl Duckworth, D-Magna, is also learning about cancer. He is fighting a rare type called multiple myeloma, which is a cancer of the bone marrow. It causes plasma cells there to produce too much protein. However, treatment is not simple or easy to go through, his physician said. Patients with multiple myeloma may require a bone marrow transplant.

"My wife Sue and I would like to thank everyone for their love, prayers and concern," Duckworth said in a statement.

Rep. Bud Bowman, R-Cedar City, is recovering from multiple-bypass heart surgery last month.

"Bud's almost 80 years old," said Speaker Greg Curtis. "When you're that age, it takes some time to recover."

No senators have been reported to be ailing.

"No one has any blood clots unless Sen. [Curt] Bramble plans to get kicked by a horse again," Senate President John Valentine, R-Orem, said, referring to the Senate majority leader's hospitalizing injury last year. "We're ready to roll."

Curtis expects everyone to participate fully in the session, which starts Monday.

"They have their offices if they need to rest during the day," Curtis said. "I just hope things work out."

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