Sen. Durbin has stomach tumor removed

Sun Times/AP ^ | 8-12-10

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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois has had a stomach tumor removed and is recovering at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Durbin's office said surgeons removed the small tumor on Thursday. Spokesman Joe Shoemaker said a preliminary biopsy showed no signs of cancer, although these kinds of tumors can be malignant.

A statement from Durbin's office said further treatment is not expected. It said the preliminary biopsy results "demonstrate a favorable prognosis" and Durbin should be able to resume a full schedule as early as next week.

[Never on my watch]

I think I can wish him a long and happy retirement to tend to his health concerns.

I wish many in Congress would choose to exploit their golden parachute pensions, and stop clinging to their lust for power.

[NormsRevenge]

gobbledyspeak

Spit it out , Doc.

Get well soon, Dick.

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t wish any bad outcome for Durbin.

I do think the title should be amended to state...

Tumor has Senator Durbin removed.

[DoughtyOne]

I’m not sure what the final outcome for Wayne officially was, but his lungs were the problem. He had vicious lung cancer.

It left him so weak that he had a very hard time filming some of his later roles.

[OldMissileer]

Cancer = BAD

I pray the tumor is benign and he recovers.

Durbin is rotten but I will not wish this on him. There are those in this world who deserve it and much worse but those are the likes of Pol Pot and such.

[TheRightGuy]

all the more reason we need to elect a REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR ... regardless

[Osage Orange]

Wayne had a lung and some ribs removed in 1964....because of cancer. He was cancer free 5 years later....

Although he did in fact die...of stomach cancer in 1979.

[Petruchio]

During the operation they also found a polyp in his colon that looked remarkably like his head . . .

[agooga]

Hoping this is not cancer, that he recovers fully and lives a long and happy life.

[Osage Orange]

Forgot a quote that I like from J.W.

"By going to school. I don't know why people insist that blacks have been forbidden to go to school. They were allowed in public schools wherever I've been. I think any black man who can compete with a white can get a better break than a white man. I wish they'd tell me where in the world they have it better than right here in America.

[AU72]

This has not been a good year for US Senators.

[Osage Orange]

I heard it was benign.

[ScottinVA]

My wish is that were he to go room temp, he wait until Gov. Brady takes office.

[bert]

Durbin is all cancer, a malignant liberal blob on the political body.

[DoughtyOne]

Okay, thank you.

My first wife and I were in Avalon on Catalina one afternoon years ago, and across the street there came John Wayne with a couple of friends. They were having a lively conversation and cutting it up pretty good as they headed for the main stretch along the beach.

[Arrowhead1952]

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[agooga]

I strongly dislike him too. But I hate cancer more.

[SoldierDad]

My grandfather had stomach cancer diagnosed in the early 70’s. After surgery and treatment it went into remission. Then, in the early 80’s he had a recurrence - this time it metastasized and spread into the lungs and brain. He died in Dec 1984 at the age of 85. I would not wish this upon anyone, even Dick. All things are in God's hands.

[Mr. Jazzy]

I pray that he heals well and has a speedy recovery.

My question though is, if Cuban healthcare is SOOOO much better than ours, why didn’t he go there?

[Liberty Valance]

I'm not a Durbin fan but i'm glad they got the tumor out and it wasn't malignant.

That said, Give that man the green hospital jello treatment!