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Geithner to Have Surgery for Kidney Stones
ABC News ^ | December 10, 2010 | MARTIN CRUTSINGER

Posted on 12/10/2010 8:55:36 AM PST by camerongood210

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been admitted to a hospital where he will undergo minor surgery to deal with a kidney stone.

Treasury spokesman Steve Adamske said Geithner began experiencing severe pain from a kidney stone during the night and was admitted to George Washington University hospital Friday morning.

Adamske said that Geithner will have what he called a "minor surgical procedure" performed Friday afternoon and expects to be back at work on Monday.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: geithner; kidneystones
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To: camerongood210
"Geithner Unable To Run Treasury: Also, Now Has Kidney Stones"


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

21 posted on 12/10/2010 10:12:34 AM PST by The Comedian (Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
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To: camerongood210

I have suffered several kidney stone attacks over the years. The pain is EXTREME.

However, I is my hope that Geithner’s surgeon is a republican, that has recently suffered a costly tax audit and the ravages of Obama-care.


22 posted on 12/10/2010 10:15:11 AM PST by Gator113 (Sarah Palin can win, and she will win.)
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To: Tweeker

Possibly so.
They will begin by going through the colon and then on through the esophagal tract and then into the brain where the kidney stones reside.
(Doc flunked basic med, but they approved him for this procedure.)


23 posted on 12/10/2010 10:16:13 AM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: Texas Songwriter

Never in my life have been in pain so badly.And that was when it was traveling to the bladder from the kidney. It was small enough to pass with no problem.

I don’t wish that pain on anyone.


24 posted on 12/10/2010 10:28:00 AM PST by GQuagmire (Hey now!)
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To: camerongood210

http://www.urolog.nl/urolog/php/content.php?doc=lithotomia&profmenu=yes

If anyone is interested in the history of this minor procedure....


25 posted on 12/10/2010 10:37:53 AM PST by Eepsy
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To: camerongood210

Those are the only stones he has!


26 posted on 12/10/2010 10:53:01 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Texas Songwriter
Scheidenfreud

Hmm, interesting variation of Schadenfreude. A literal translation of that would be 'vagina delight'.

27 posted on 12/10/2010 12:30:47 PM PST by Moltke ('Tis very strange. - Hamlet)
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To: Moltke

Sorry for my misspelling...both work for me.


28 posted on 12/10/2010 7:53:43 PM PST by Texas Songwriter ( ma)
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To: GQuagmire
I don’t wish that pain on anyone.

Now, Quag, you are a freeper in good standing. If you wish to remain so, rethink your position.....this is turbo-tax-cheat Geitner.....he deserves to have to piss a stone, like the rest of us.

29 posted on 12/10/2010 7:57:39 PM PST by Texas Songwriter ( ma)
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To: Texas Songwriter

No need for an apology - just gave me a good chuckle, that’s all.


30 posted on 12/11/2010 12:20:18 PM PST by Moltke ('Tis very strange. - Hamlet)
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