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Democrat Kerry to Have Minor Shoulder Surgery
Yahoo! News ^
| March 27, 2004
| Reuters
Posted on 03/27/2004 1:59:52 PM PST by kennedy
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) will have minor outpatient surgery on his right shoulder next week that may keep him off the campaign trail for up to four days.
Spokesman David Wade said the Massachusetts senator aggravated an old injury to a tendon from the sub-scapularis muscle -- which helps move the shoulder -- earlier this year when he braced himself against an abrupt stop on a bus tour in Iowa during the race for the Democratic nomination.
"He will have outpatient surgery on his shoulder on Wednesday at Massachusetts General Hospital," Wade said. "It's a quick procedure that usually lasts less than an hour."
The injury did not bother Kerry during a recent weeklong skiing and snowboarding vacation in Idaho nor does it prevent him from occasionally tossing a football and baseball with reporters and staff.
Wade said Kerry, 60, was not in pain, except when he made a certain movement such as "picking up a baby on the rope line."
However, he wanted to repair the tear to prevent further injury and "decided it would be better just to get it fixed now," Wade added.
Kerry was expected to wear a sling for a few days and spend time working at home in Boston before returning to the campaign trail.
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KEYWORDS: 2004; kerry; shouldersurgery
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To: TomGuy
I was afraid he'd mention he got it in Vietnam.
To: libbylu
That wouldn't surprise me. You can't look at his face now and his face a year earlier and NOT see that that man's gotten his face shot up with botox. No WAY did the crags on his face disappear as quickly as they did. No way.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:14:10 PM PST
by
Green Knight
(Looking forward to seeing Jeb stepping over Hillary's rotting political corpse in 2008.)
To: kennedy
Look for another Democrat dirty campaign trick.
The only reason Kerry took his vacation was so he would be out ot the line of fire when the Clarke stuff hit the fan.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:14:12 PM PST
by
quidnunc
(Omnis Gaul delenda est)
To: kennedy
He must have hurt himself doing all those flip-flops.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:14:20 PM PST
by
mass55th
To: Green Knight
He'll probably blame it on the Secret Service man and try to sue the government.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:15:24 PM PST
by
mass55th
To: Semper Paratus
This just in...
algore will assume the position of Temporary Presidential Presumptive Nominee while Jeffin' Kerry is under anesthesia...
That is all
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:15:33 PM PST
by
GRRRRR
(Love America? Vote Republican)
To: Lizavetta
Did you guys know that Kerry is a Vietnam veteran? You'd think he mention it if he was...
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:16:05 PM PST
by
Drango
(2 FReep is 2B --- 2B is 2 FReep)
To: kennedy
"Say, doc, as long as you're in there can I get a backbone too?"
To: kennedy
WOWWWWWWW!!!!! WOWWWWWWW!!! CATCH ME TER-eee-SA!!!!!
Dorkamus-Maximus
To: kennedy
What a wimp....
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:20:04 PM PST
by
shield
(The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
To: Green Knight
That must be it. It certainly wasn't caused by his ski trip, because as he says, he doesn't fall down, therefore making injury impossible.This guy is such a pompus windbag that he won't even admit that he hurt his shoulder falling down skiing.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:20:22 PM PST
by
Azzurri
To: NovemberCharlie
Old football injury:
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:20:29 PM PST
by
TomGuy
(Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)
To: kennedy
On second thought....he's probably having plastic surgery on his ugly face. He should have a nose job at the same time. He is one ugly person.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:21:32 PM PST
by
shield
(The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
To: samtheman
1)Maybe he is secretly seeing a Proctologist to have a Lobotomy?
2)After having Prostate surgery,wouldn't the Party be embarrassed for fielding a candidate who can't get it up any more? Don't they need someone who speaks softly and carries a "big stick"? Implant?
You can vote if you want to.
To: kennedy
Good time for Ketchup Boy to sneak in another Botox treatment. He had his first Botoxification in December. Now 4 months have gone by and his face is sagging again so time for another treatment. And he will be due for a third Botox treatment around August. After Election Day, Kerry's face will be sagging beyond the ability of Botox to repair.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:25:02 PM PST
by
PJ-Comix
(Saddam Hussein was only 537 Florida votes away from still being in power)
To: freedom1st
I think you maybe on to something. Kerry's prostate cancer
operation is never commented on. I can think of another
Massachusett's Senator, well two, and both were less than
candid about their medical problems during their campaigns
for the US presidency. In fact, Senator Kerry know holds the
seat of Senator Tsongas, who like Kerry, had been treated
for cancer as he began his presidential campaign.
If Governor Clinton could be asked if he wore boxers or
briefs, certainly Senator Kerry should be asked if he is
now impotent, wearing diapers or undergoing radiation
therapy as a result of his cancer not to humiliate the man
but to determine if he is fit to be POTUS.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:25:12 PM PST
by
kanawha
To: kennedy
I'll bet he actually did it tumbling head over heels 6 times on his recent snowboarding escapades.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:25:56 PM PST
by
lawgirl
(In memory of Spot Fetcher Bush - 1989-2004 - Rest in peace faithful friend)
To: americanbychoice2
2)After having Prostate surgery,wouldn't the Party be embarrassed for fielding a candidate who can't get it up any more? In that case, then the Republicans should have been embarrassed by Dole in '96.
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:26:48 PM PST
by
PJ-Comix
(Saddam Hussein was only 537 Florida votes away from still being in power)
To: PJ-Comix
well, we may have a duo pushing Viagra now?
To: lawgirl
I'll bet he actually did it tumbling head over heels 6 times on his recent snowboarding escapades. Nope. Didn't happen. He doesn't fall down (unless some SOB secret service agent knocks him down).
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posted on
03/27/2004 2:27:55 PM PST
by
kennedy
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