In 1999, Ginsburg was diagnosed with colon cancer; she underwent surgery that was followed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy. During the process, she did not miss a day on the bench.[106] Ginsburg was physically weakened by the cancer treatment, and she began working with a personal trainer. Since 1999, Bryant Johnson, a former Army reservist attached to the Special Forces, has trained Ginsburg twice weekly in the justices-only gym at the Supreme Court.[107][108] In spite of her small stature, Ginsburg saw her physical fitness improve since her first bout with cancer; she was able to complete 20 full push-ups in a session before her 80th birthday.[107][109]
On February 5, 2009, she again underwent surgery, this time for pancreatic cancer.[110][111] Ginsburg had a tumor that was discovered at an early stage.[110] She was released from a New York City hospital on February 13 and returned to the bench when the Supreme Court went back into session on February 23, 2009.[112][113][114] On September 24, 2009, Ginsburg was hospitalized in Washington DC for lightheadedness following an outpatient treatment for iron deficiency and was released the following day.[115]
On November 26, 2014, she had a stent placed in her right coronary artery after experiencing discomfort while exercising in the Supreme Court gym with her personal trainer.[116][117]
On November 8, 2018, she was hospitalized after fracturing three ribs in a fall in her office at the Supreme Court.[118] A day later it was reported that Ginsburg had returned to official judicial work after a day of observation.[119][120]
On December 21, 2018, she had surgery for cancerous nodules in her lungs that were found after a CT scan of her ribs following her previous fall.
Wow, she is a freaking CAT.
>> In spite of her small stature, Ginsburg saw her physical fitness improve since her first bout with cancer; she was able to complete 20 full push-ups in a session before her 80th birthday. <<
I saw the way the late-nigh TV shows had to use clever cutaways to make it look like she was weightlifting, despite the fact the weightlifting was only jogging weights. No way in the world do I believe she was capable of doing anything near a single pushup, even if she only weighted 35 pounds. They’ve foreseen that they would have to “weekend at Bernie’s” her, so they made a lie so huge people would believe a smidgeon of it: that she was able to hold up a pen.