Posted on 05/14/2018 11:53:54 AM PDT by jonascord
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer.
The operation, first reported on Twitter by KLAS-TV journalist George Knapp and confirmed by a source close to the powerful former lawmaker, took place Monday morning.
They caught it early. The doctors believe it went well, and he is expected to make a full recovery, the source told The Nevada Independent.
Reid, 78, served for 30 years in the Senate before retiring following a debilitating eye injury. He was succeeded by Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
Along with Republican former House Speaker John Boehner, Reid is co-chair of the nascent MGM Resorts International Public Policy Institute at UNLV.
Disclosure: MGM Resorts has donated to The Nevada Independent. You can see a full list of donors here.
Dump them both in an ocean and have a great day.
Pancreatic cancer....often the result of alcoholism
And extremely painful. My dad was dead within 4 months of diagnosis.
No comment.
My brother-in-law died 4 weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
If I were 78 and diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, I would say to the doctor “cut the bull. Honestly, what chance do I have of surviving this and going back to a reasonably good quality of life?” If the answer is what I think it is, I’d ask for painkillers and go take a great vacation. Jesus will come get me when the time is right; I don’t see why I’m obliged to endure painful and pointless treatments.
If I were 78 and diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, I would say to the doctor “cut the bull. Honestly, what chance do I have of surviving this and going back to a reasonably good quality of life?” If the answer is what I think it is, I’d ask for painkillers and go take a great vacation. Jesus will come get me when the time is right; I don’t see why I’m obliged to endure painful and pointless treatments.
If I were 78 and diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, I would say to the doctor “cut the bull. Honestly, what chance do I have of surviving this and going back to a reasonably good quality of life?” If the answer is what I think it is, I’d ask for painkillers and go take a great vacation. Jesus will come get me when the time is right; I don’t see why I’m obliged to endure painful and pointless treatments.
Since old Harry is no longer damaging the country, I also wish him a speedy recovery and a long retirement.
All rattlers are vipers, but not all vipers are rattlers.
I hope Harry lives long enough to see many train loads of spent nuclear fuel enter Nevada and disappear underground at Yucca Mountain.
Harry found ways to temporarily disrupt this duly-enacted law from the 80’s, but he didn’t foresee a President Trump at the end of the process to un-do the Reid un-doing.
Harry had more trouble with his own exercise equipment than he did sabotaging a passed legislative effort.
People have survived total removal of the pancreas, although that’s a rare procedure.
A friend had a pancreas transplant for diabetes and hes doing great.
Ooooh! Thats a bad one. Woohoo!
I have no positive opinion of this individual, but Godspeed and healthy blessings to him.
> Die horribly from sepsis you putrid enemy of America.
Then revive him so he can have another agonizing death, worse than the first
Yea and pretty high up there on the list of painful way to go. Godspeed Mr. Read.
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