Posted on 05/23/2007 6:52:52 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
HAVANA - A statement signed by Fidel Castro Wednesday said his weight was stable and he was eating solid foods after months of intravenous feeding that followed several operations, including an initial surgery that did not go well.
The statement from the 80-year-old Cuban leader said he was taking all medicines orally and his weight had stabilized.
"I tell everyone simply that I am getting better and maintain a stable weight of about 176 pounds," he wrote. "It wasn't just one operation, but various. Initially it wasn't successful and had a bearing on my prolonged recuperation."
He added that the greatest dangers to him now are age and the effects of not taking care of his health for years.
Castro shocked Cuba in July when he announced he had undergone intestinal surgery and was ceding power to his 75-year-old brother Raul, the defense minister. Fidel Castro has not been seen in public since then and his condition and exact ailment have been state secrets. Top officials have insisted that he is recuperating steadily.
The written statement was e-mailed to The Associated Press by Cuba's foreign ministry. It will likely appear tomorrow on newspaper front pages and be read on the TV news.
Has Jenny Craig called him yet?
I wonder if he weighed that when they embalmed him or did they freeze him?
Cuba's President Fidel Castro writes while lying in bed in Havana in this August 13, 2006 file photo. Castro, in his first statement on his health crisis in almost 10 months, said on May 23, 2007 he was eating enough to recover from several intestinal operations and months on an I/V. REUTERS/Estudios Revolucion-Granma/Handout/Files (CUBA)
Hush now! (I thought the same thing btw). I don’t want to see this moved to chat. ;-)
Oh, he’s doing better. Sorry to hear that.
Fidel Castro Diaz Balart, son of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro and scientific advisor for Cuba's Council State, attends the V International Conference on Renewable Energy in Havana May 22, 2007. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA)
Castro Says He Putting on Weight Again ^
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Posted by kellynla
On News/Activism ^ 09/14/2006 1:21:37 PM PDT · 23 replies · 439+ views
Reuters News Service ^ | Sep 14, 2006 | Helen Popper
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro says he has started putting on weight again, in his first interview since the 80-year-old communist leader fell ill and adding to growing evidence he is recovering from life-threatening surgery. “I lost 41 pounds, but I’m putting weight back on — already almost half of what I lost,” the leftist firebrand told Argentine journalist, lawmaker and friend Miguel Bonasso. “You have to do things one step at a time. You must remember that the machine being repaired is 80 years old,” Castro joked, regarding the pace of his recovery. The interview...
Are his eyes open or shut? Looks like a ‘staged’ shot, kind of like perpetual Lenin pose!
But, but, Cuba has the best healthcare in the world.
Castro’s kid looks like a bigger POS than his daddy. I wonder if he’s in line for the throne.
If memory serves (and it usually does), Castro’s son was put in charge of Cuba’s only nuclear plant at Juragua. That plant at Cienfuegos, 180 miles southwest of Key West was described as being of poor construction, poor quality control and poor regulatory programs. The boy was pulled off of the project a few years ago.
Die you egg sucking pig!
To heck with Castro; when do we get them Cuban cigars???
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