RBG: Silver lining

[no_hypocrisy]

If RBG had not tripped, fallen, and broken her ribs, there is a better-than-likely chance she would have succumbed prematurely to malignant cancer spread throughout her body, a horrible prognosis for any of us.

They caught a serious condition and hopefully they have arrested it.

Send cards to her at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in NYC.

[wryter2000]

1. So happy to kick and rec this

[sheshe2]

2. K&R

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. Thanks for that update and info re. the cards.

Come on Justice Ginsberg.
Season Greetings.

[Joe941]

4. This is all true, however...

falling, breaking bones and cancer... My grandfather died only 6 months after he fell. I am very worried about RBG.

[nolabear]

5. True dat. The fates are on her side.

[LiberalLovinLug]

6. I pray she will be okay. And hang on until 2020 and further.

But if the worst should happen, I hope the Democrats have learned a few lessons, and won't be confirming any SCOTUS while they are the majority.

[Staph]

7. I'm glad to hear that she's at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

That and MD Anderson in Houston are the best cancer hospitals around.

[pnwmom]

8. My fear is that it isn't a primary lung cancer, which she'd be at low risk of.

She has had two other cancers in the past, and sometimes old cancers reappear in the lungs.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-malignant-growths-removed-lungs-n950916

The biggest risks, he added, will be pneumonia and blood clots.

While no immediate treatment is planned, Flores said pathologists will be looking at the tumors taken from Ginsburg's lungs. Flores believes it is most likely the lung tumors are a recurrence of pancreatic cancer, but one that is slow-growing and therefore not a medical emergency.

"As long as she recovers from surgery well, she should be fine. I don't think people should worry," Flores said.

[Kurt V.]

9. i can relate.

4 years ago i was in bad car wreck. on admission, i was unresponsive, the hospital did a good job going over me. 2 days later i was told i had a dime size tumor in my left lung. they removed that lung. Being in that wreck probably saved my life.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Sorry that you had to go through that ordeal to save your life.

Medicine is replete with inherent ironies.

[Kurt V.]

11. thanks. and

Medicine is replete with inherent ironies.
Ain't that the truth.

[akraven]

12. Card in the mail tonight!

1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065.

GO RBG!!