Posted on 11/08/2018 6:27:56 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, fell in her office at the court and fractured three ribs, according to a release from the court Thursday.
"She went home, but after experiencing discomfort overnight, went to George Washington University Hospital early this morning," the statement said. "Tests showed that she fractured three ribs on her left side and she was admitted for observation and treatment."
Ginsburg's health has been a matter of intense speculation in recent years. Ginsburg, the court's oldest member, is one of the court's four liberal justices. She has survived multiple bouts with cancer, and in 2014 underwent a procedure to have a stent placed in her right coronary artery.
The court said that more information would be provided as it became available.
It is not the first time that Ginsburg has fractured her ribs while on the court. In June 2012, Ginsburg fractured two ribs in a fall and did not disclose the incident to the public until months later.
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People who have pancreatic cancer....typically don’t live more than ten years after their treatment, and that’s the folks with great health and stamina. So no shock.
I personally think that Justice Thomas has a date circled on his calendar for summer 2019 to go and have coffee with President Trump and announce his retirement. To have both seats in some filling action and both go to Conservatives, would give the President a massive ‘trump-card’. He could go and dictate he wants every single empty judge position filled in 30 days or he’ll go for a conservative-filler on Ginsburg’s seat.
Thanks for that.
My college friend aged 78, fell from a ladder last week. He also broke three ribs and had a cracked pelvis. He was placed in ICU.
You have given some insight as to why IVU.
My wife immediately ordered me not to get on a ladder again.
Yeah, well, SoreASS is way up in his years also. Mad Maxine Waters and Her Heinous ain’t exactly spring chickens. Neither are Bernie “Free shyt for all” Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, among others. Zeke Emanuel, one if the brains behind 0bamacare said there’s no reason why anyone needs to live past 75. Using this standard, they would be well past their expiration dates. Perhaps they should put their money where thekr collective mouths are and set an example for the rest of us, retire and put their affairs in order and show us how it’s done.
The Mob was so certain they would win/steal the presidency in 2016 that they allowed her to stay on the court. Ill bet Barry would tell you not replacing her in his last term was one of the biggest mistakes he has ever made.
“She has PANCREATIC cancer.”
Please provide a citation.
Ouch....so very painful....P>Sorry....don’t think she’ll recover. This will probably lead to pneumonia.
NOBODY survives pancreatic cancer. Period.
She went home with three broken ribs? Tough cookie!
The Dems will have to place nice-nice despite their evil inclinations.
Ribs, of course heal in about 6 to 8 weeks. Problem at her age would be pneumonia.
Absolutely
She was dxd ages ago & the prognosis is not good. That she continues to work is amazing.
Dude, what planet are you from?
iIt was announced as pancreatic cancer in 2009. Not sure why someone would lie about that. Mistaken maybe, but lie?
Ginsburg for later
It’ll be a whole different bag because it will be a woman.
The Dems will have to place nice-nice despite their evil inclinations.
I disagree, dems play nice??? Never! It’s all out war, all the time now.
Time to retire. Past time to retire.
Her husband is gone, her children have their own lives. Her work keeps her alive, and she knows it well.
“old soldiers never die; they just fade away.”
Pancreatic is quick
If she had the same very rare form of pancreatic cancer that Steve Jobs had, it has about an 80% cure rate, measured as over 5 years of survival. So it is possible that she has survived 9 years if she had the rare form.
Jobs was diagnosed in 2004 and died in 2011, so he almost was considered "cured."
If she was diagnosed with the common form of pancreatic cancer, then yes it was fake because for the common form of pancreatic cancer, the 2 year survival rate is 0%.
I only know because I studied it after my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She lasted 9 months after diagnosis.
I wore a special belt for a long time to keep them from spazzing when I sneezed or coughed.
I think that is fake news. She does not have pancreatic cancer.
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