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Sen. Kerry Bracing for Shoulder Surgery (Weeks in a Sling, No Ropelines)
Boston Herald ^
| March 30, 2004
| Noelle Straub
Posted on 03/30/2004 9:02:37 AM PST by threat matrix
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) will undergo elective surgery on his right shoulder tomorrow that will prevent him from working rope lines for a couple weeks and from holding up kissable babies for even longer.
Kerry will wear a sling for a day or two after a 45 minute outpatient surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital to repair a torn rotator cuff, said his surgeon, Dr. Bertram Zarins.
Kerry tore the tendon in January in the Iowa Primary tyring to brace himself when his campaign bus lurched suddenly.
Zarins said that Kerry 'still cannot use the shoulder without pain.'
Kerry, who underwent successful prostate cancer surgery last year, will likely undergo general anesthesia as an incision of about 2 inches is made to repair the tendon.
Kerry first hurt the shoulder in 1992 in a bicycle accident.
The Kerry camp released a letter from Dr. Gerald Doyle, Kerry's primary physician, saying the senator, 'has enjoyed general excellent health.'
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; kerry; nomorecampaigning; notbreakingnews; shouldersurgery; unfit
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Lurched! Must have been a writing slip..
To: threat matrix
I bet he fell down.
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:03:21 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
(Over 140,000 FReepers, and just about all of us will be going pro in something other than politics.)
To: threat matrix
The injury should match the fact that he will soon have his ass in a sling, politically.
To: Constitution Day
He doesn't fall down.
To: Constitution Day
It was that SOB behind him snowboarding---all his fault!
To: threat matrix
The Dems noticed that Kerry's poll numbers went up when he was vacationing in Idaho and not hitting the campaign trail - and as soon as he comes back, the polls drop again.
So, they figure that they need to keep this guy's mouth shut and out of the public eye to get the poll numbers back up.
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:04:49 AM PST
by
So Cal Rocket
(If consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, John F. Kerry’s mind must be freaking enormous)
To: threat matrix
I still think it happened on the slopes of Utah.
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:04:51 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: threat matrix
He couldn't finagle a fourth Purple Heart out of this, could he? The injury is a lot more severe than anything he got in Vietnam, after all.
To: threat matrix; All
The new name for Kerry is WEEBLE!! THEY WOBBLE BUT THEY DONT'T FALL DOWN!!!
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:06:03 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: threat matrix
He's going to be even more leftwing than ever!
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:06:19 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(You can see it coming like a train on a track.)
To: SpinyNorman
Ask not what your country can do for you..
To: threat matrix
Sen. Kerry Bracing for Shoulder Surgery 
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:07:31 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Howard, we hardly knew ye. Not that we're complaining, mind you...)
To: threat matrix
In his television appearances I have never seen even the slightest grimest? I seen him raise his arms over his head with Edwards, seen reach to shake hands, never once seen the slighest indication of pain. Hmmm... I wonder what painkillers he is taking?
To: sarasota
No, the surgery was mentioned before the vacation. At that time, the surgery was supposed to be a couple months from now.
Do a search, there were several threads running over the past 2 or 3 weeks.
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:08:26 AM PST
by
mombonn
(Viva Bush/Cheney!)
To: EggsAckley
According to reporters, Kerry said the wall of the bus "slammed" into Kerry's hand on purpose. Kerry went on to call the bus an SOB.
In related news, Naomi Wolf has accused the late Albert Einstein of sexual harassment. "I never met the man," said Wolf, "but I feel sure he harassed me somewhere along the way. If you'll excuse me, I need to go write my latest column."
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:09:05 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(Allah can kiss my @ss.)
I wonder how many calls hoping for the worst will come from his opponents. None, of course; we're better than that. Yet you people all remember the hoping and wishing for the worst going on from the other side when Secretary Powell went in for cancer? I remember them well.
I wish Kerry all the best. I hope he's in the best of health when he goes against the big guy, President Bush.
He'll need to be.
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:10:29 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure)
To: threat matrix
nope, it's idiot Geo Bush's fault
To: threat matrix
To: threat matrix
Says since the Kerry camp is offering up medical information no one really asked for, maybe they should also provide the medical information that has been requested by so many. Apparently providing medical information is OK based on this press release.
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:10:59 AM PST
by
rod1
(On the front line)
To: So Cal Rocket
Well, he has to be out of the public eye for a few days every six weeks for his .... treatments. Can't be seen in public with a paralyzed face, after all.
But I agree, the more this guy stays out of the public eye, the better he does. Since most of the people voting for Kerry are really just voting against President Bush, this is not really a suprise. If the 'Rats could put "Un-named Democrat" on the November ballot, they might actually have a chance!
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posted on
03/30/2004 9:11:06 AM PST
by
bondjamesbond
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
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