Posted on 08/12/2009 5:56:06 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd underwent surgery for prostate cancer on Tuesday and was recuperating at a New York hospital.
Dr. Peter Scardino of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center said the surgery was successful and Dodd was resting comfortably.
"It is anticipated that he will be able to return to full activity within a few weeks," Scardino said in a statement released by Dodd's office.
Dodd, 65, is expected to remain at the hospital for a few days before returning home to Connecticut.
The five-term Democrat announced last month that he had been diagnosed with an early, treatable stage of cancer. He expects to return to a full Senate schedule later this month after a few weeks of rest.
Dodd has said that the cancer will not affect his plans to seek a sixth term next year. He is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and is playing a leading role as Congress seeks to overhaul the nation's health care system.
He faces his toughest re-election fight in nearly 30 years in the Senate. Recent polls showed him trailing former GOP Rep. Rob Simmons.
The Senate ethics panel recently cleared Dodd of breaking rules by getting mortgages through a VIP program, but it scolded him for not being more careful to avoid the appearance of sweetheart deals from Countrywide Financial Corp. Dodd got his mortgages through a VIP program for those designated as "friends" of then-Countrywide chief executive Angelo Mozilo.
Despite the ethics panel finding, Dodd's 2010 re-election bid has been hurt by the mortgage scandal. He has admitted he mishandled the allegations by waiting for several months before addressing them in detail.
Prostate cancer is the most common form of the disease in men in the United States, affecting about 6.4 out of every 100 men in Dodd's age group, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
no, under obamacare he would still be waiting to see a specialist not recovering from the actual surgery.
Correct, or waiting for end of life counseling.
For decades the whole country has known that prostate cancer is a disease that progresses very slowly, and that is normally not life-threatening, and that most men can expect to develop it when they reach a certain age.
All of a sudden Dodd gets it, and it’s a real bad disease.
The media can not be trusted on anything that they say.
Did they find his brains while there were there?
There is a spectrum of severity with prostatic cancer based on a few variables including cell type and extent of spread at time of diagnosis. Many are indeed slow growing and fairly benign, although the ones seen in younger men (e.g., Michael Landon’s) are usually bad.
“Did they find his brains while there were there?”
No, but they found a copy of his VIP mortgage from Countrywide lodged in his stomach.
“drinks and a sandwich”. That’s funny.
Looks like dodd is well taken care of.
Good to be part of the ruling class.
Michael Landon died of Pancreatic cancer, not Prostate cancer.
Frank Zappa had it for about 10 years before it was properly diagnosed, and by then, it was too late.
What? They implanted a brain and he became a conservative?
Maybe they helped his vision by doing a navel visual optimy...replaced a navel with glass because his head is so far up his ass he cannot see where he is going.
Sandwich Nazi: “No more waitress sandwiches for you”
But at 65 was it really worth it? Maybe a pain pill would have sufficed.
but mine was funny - yours was only of the “I hope he dies in pain” type
What? Do you even remember what I wrote? I never mentioned anyone dying in pain or hoping anyone died in pain. You'd better see a doctor. I think you're hallucinating.
I guess I dont remember- the last few days I have done more than a little FR censoring- we need to be careful we dont look like the DUhmmies
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