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| Senator Dodd has prostate cancer | |
| 2009-08-01 | |
| Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd, a leading force for U.S. healthcare reform, said on Friday he has prostate cancer but still plans to run for re-election next year. "I'll be a little leaner and a little meaner but I'm running," Dodd, 65, told a televised news conference in his home state of Connecticut. Dodd said he planned to undergo surgery during the August Senate recess, but that he was confident the cancer had been caught at an early stage and that he would recover fully. Early stage prostate cancer typically is easily treated and cured, according to medical experts. Dodd had the choice of surgery, radiation or a type of radiation therapy that uses radioactive seeds planted near the prostate.
"He is expected to return to full activity within a few weeks of the surgery," Howard Scher, head of the genitourinary service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, said in a statement. Dodd, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, chairs the powerful Senate Banking Committee. Recently he has taken charge of the healthcare debate in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, filling in for Senator Edward Kennedy, who has was diagnosed with brain cancer last year. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #17 That was exactly my thought yesterday on Twitter, Steve. A convenient out from what will likely be his most unpleasant campaign ever. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2009-08-01 17:46 |
| #16 It is rather convenient, isn't it: he now has an excuse to back away from an election next year that all the polls say he's going to lose. Gives the Dhimmicrats time to line up another lobbyist-smooching crook to step in. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-08-01 17:27 |
| #15 Well I hope he survives, but has thoughts about how frustrating and deadly any bureaucratic delays would be... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-08-01 16:40 |
| #14 Three words: Good career move. On second thought make it four: Good career move, asshole. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2009-08-01 15:48 |
| #13 Maybe, just maybe, Bambi can make this a "teaching moment" ... but only if Dodd receives the same level of care he is pushing for the average citizen. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2009-08-01 11:42 |
| #12 Undoubtedly bad news for Barney Franks as well. Doubt he'll enjoy 'hanger queen' status during Dodd's treatment phases. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-01 11:10 |
| #11 with Dodd, you kinda expect it to spread to his brain since his head is in such close proximity most of the time |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-08-01 11:06 |
| #10 Good thing he's not in Britain: "Former British diplomat Christopher Denne had prostate cancer symptoms and went to his NHS entry-level doctor. It then took six weeks to see an urologist who did not obtain a biopsy for 10 more months. The biopsy was positive for prostate cancer, but Denne had to wait another three months for another test to determine if the cancer had spread. Unfortunately it had, but after more than 14 months, the time for early treatment options had passed". |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-08-01 11:03 |
| #9 I closely checked my inner feelings and like I did with his pal Teddy I feel kinda glad - not sad in the least. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-08-01 10:37 |
| #8 Make him go to a general practitioner to get permission to thee the oncologist - in a month or 2. Then let him schedule the surgery a few months after that, if they flip the coin and allow it. Then let him wait things out with the cheapest meds and least skilled surgeons the government can find. He'd be dead. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-08-01 10:08 |
| #7 as a demonstration, he should receive only ObamaCare™ levels of service and care. He'll be dead before his next appointment. He'll get the very best of healthcare unlike us proles |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-08-01 09:29 |
| #6 Huh, so the ass has a problem with his ass. Ironic. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-08-01 09:04 |
| #5 Looks like he'll have to gop on a sandwich diet. |
| Posted by: Cromoter the Imposter3239 2009-08-01 07:48 |
| #4 He is going for the "gold standard" and not screwing around. Under his plan you would get #2 or #3 or told to wait and die slowly. Worthless bastard he is. |
| Posted by: Sockpuppet of Doom 2009-08-01 06:46 |
| #3 Prostrate cancer takes too long. He should take the 3rd option but radiation is kind of icky.. how about implanting some a pair of hedge apples seeds pod and all? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-08-01 02:35 |
| #2 I recommend he see Dr. Conrad Murray at his earliest. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-01 00:41 |
| #1 These curses are working faster than made. Must be the end. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-08-01 00:36 |