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-Land of the Free
Harry Reid has Cancer
2018-05-15
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
... the charismatic now retired senator-for-life from Nevada, formerly majority leader, who was beaten to within an inch of his life by a treadmill ...
 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 politician, 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 It is not pronounced 'Boner!' Boehner
... the occasionally weepy former establishmentarian leader of House Republicans...
, Reid is co-chair of the nascent MGM Resorts International Public Policy Institute at UNLV.
Posted by:Deacon Blues

#16  Lost my Dad to pancreatic cancer. Not pretty.
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-05-15 22:18  

#15  All those young years as Chief sheet-changer and chamberpot emptier preceded his rule as Searchlight Strangler and Noted Pederast Senator Majority Leader. Peter-Principled early
Posted by: Frank G   2018-05-15 20:05  

#14  Pancreatic cancer is a brutal and horribly painful way to die. I hate Harry Reid and everything he stood for, but not so much as to wish this sort of death on him.

He better start praying for God's mercy for all the things he's done, or this will just be a small sip of what awaits him in hell.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2018-05-15 18:09  

#13  I have known of older men who because of their advanced age have declined treatment. I think Harry wants to linger longer. All the men I was aware of having this have all died. One man quit smoking then two weeks later after quitting and treatment died.
Posted by: Dale   2018-05-15 16:23  

#12  Sock is right. Particularly nasty way to go.
Posted by: Woodrow   2018-05-15 14:04  

#11  #7 & #9 Well, you know who takes care of his own.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-05-15 13:37  

#10  Pancreatic cancer, as it progresses is one of the most painful of the cancers.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-05-15 13:21  

#9  IIRC, Ruth Bader Ginsberg had pancreatic cancer but they also caught it early in her case.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-05-15 12:21  

#8  Good news bad news. In that order.
Posted by: gorb   2018-05-15 11:19  

#7  Pancreatic. Buh bye!

Not necessarily. If caught early (i.e. hasn't spread to other tissues yet) survival rates are much better today. But it is a severe surgery w/ removal of parts or all of the pancreas, stomach, gall bladder, and upper small intestines and then replumbing it all.

"They caught it early. The doctors believe it went well, and he is expected to make a full recovery,"
Posted by: Sleresh Ebbunter2561   2018-05-15 08:05  

#6  I have 2 friends who died from pancreatic cancer and one who survived. Survival is rare.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2018-05-15 07:25  

#5  Hairy Reid IS a Cancer
Posted by: Frank G   2018-05-15 07:25  

#4  um. if you can't say anything nice...and I can't.
Posted by: Mercutio   2018-05-15 07:10  

#3  ...Dingy Harry he may be, but I wouldn't wish a death by pancreatic cancer on anybody. He don't have long.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-05-15 04:48  

#2  Pancreatic. Buh bye!
Posted by: Betty Hatfield5124   2018-05-15 04:06  

#1  Kennedy, McCain, now Reid? Somebody has been abusing the Radiation gun...
Posted by: Charles   2018-05-15 01:09  

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