Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin diagnosed with prostate cancer

NBC News on MSN ^ | 1/9/24 | Courtney Kube and Rebecca Shabad

[Yossarian]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and underwent a minimally invasive procedure to treat and cure it, according to a statement from Walter Reed National Military Center officials on Tuesday.

"Secretary Austin recovered uneventfully from his surgery and returned home the next morning.

[snipped out section quoting officials saying his prognosis is excellent]

Austin was then admitted to Walter Reed on Jan. 1 "with complications from the December 22 procedure, including nausea with severe abdominal, hip, and leg pain," the officials said.

[Yossarian]

More comes leaking out....

[Red Badger]

I suspected as much......................

[Sarah Barracuda]

If he had just been HONEST from the beginning this would have been over and done with..but as it goes, the lie is always worse than the real story

[Red Badger]

Yes, if they had been honest in the first place no one would have SAID A DAMN THING.................

[Dan in Wichita]

They said initially it was elective procedure. Getting surgery for cancer does not sound elective.

[Avalon Memories]

Why would he have severe abdominal, hip, and leg pain, and nausea, from a supposedly “minimally invasive procedure”?

[Rich21IE]

He’s a Democrat, lying is the default.

[Sarah Barracuda]

From what they said it was a biopsy procedure or something like that to remove the cancer since it was found early..I forgot the name of it, but I guess after wards it resulted in complications

[Magic Fingers]

Infection, for one.

[Dan in Wichita]

From what they said it was a biopsy procedure or something like that to remove the cancer since it was found early..I forgot the name of it, but I guess after wards it resulted in complications.

This sounds like a medically necessary procedure. Not sure why they initially said Austin had an elective surgery.

[lodi90]

Democrats lie as easily as they breath.

[SaveFerris]

[He’s a Democrat, lying is the default.]

Correct

[mewzilla]

We don’t know that they’re bringing honest now.

[mewzilla]

...being honest...

[Sacajaweau]

Don’t care....Fire him...He’s on call 24/7. And don’t tell me that people didn’t know...check his phones...bet there are big gaps by people who would normally call regularly.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Why would you think this story is true?

[bigbob]

I’ve wondered, what surgery is there when they just strap you down and start cutting without your consent? “Elective” means you could live without it I guess, but cancer - kind of a big risk.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

At some point during the insanity the concept of "any surgery that we do not have to do RIGHT NOW is elective". So yeah, surgeries for cancer were deemed "elective" as were any number of other surgeries that most people would not consider elective.

[montanajoe]

I have prostate cancer from AO exposure back then... can understand why it should be between my doc and myself...

[GOPJ]

The first bullsh*t story was it was 'elective' surgery. That was a lie.

The second BS story (probably backed up by 51 thugs and goons from 'intelligence') is prostate cancer. Probably also a lie.

Was the country at risk without Austin? Our people are being shot at and our ships attacked and nothing is happening.

Here's what our soldiers (being shot a) should do: they should say some sexual weirdo trans had his skirt pulled up and two other weirdos whistled. Then some white man made a derogatory comment. BOOM - the whole Pentagon would wake up and run to the middle east to defend the sexual weirdos.

Maybe 51 "intelligence" thugs and goons leaked this BS to their butt boys at the New York Times and Washington Post. Has that same 'trustworthy' fell. /s