[Eva]

I'm supposing that someone has been leaking information from Rush's medical records because I saw a thread on DU about Rush having had a "butt cyst" removed. Now unless, that is just a euphemism for something gross, I figure someone has taken a peek inside private records.

[thesummerwind]

That is common knowledge. He had a pilonidal cyst.

[thesummerwind]

Here's some info for you on that.

What was the physical problem that disqualified Rush Limbaugh from the draft? Limbaugh biographer Paul D. Colford notes that: As for Limbaugh himself, the broadcaster stated that he was not drafted during the Vietnam War because he had been classified 4-F after a physical found that he had an "inoperable pilonidal cyst".

(Technically, Limbaugh's classification during his primary year of draft eligibility was 1-Y, not 4-F; he was only reclassified as 4-F after the 1-Y classification was abolished on 10 December 1971.)

I know about these pilonidal cysts, because I had one back around 1974. They're no fun!