Posted on 05/14/2018 2:00:10 PM PDT by NRx
Former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and underwent surgery on Monday to remove the tumor, his family announced.
Reid, who led the Senate Democratic Caucus for a dozen years until his retirement in early 2017, had the surgery at Johns Hopkins Cancer Center in Baltimore, and now plans to have chemotherapy treatments, according to the statement from his family on Monday.
“His doctors caught the problem early during a routine screening and his surgeons are confident that the surgery was a success and that the prognosis for his recovery is good,” the Reid family said. “He is now out of surgery, in good spirits and resting with his family. He is grateful to his highly skilled team of doctors and to all who have sent and continue to send their love and support.”
Reid, 78, has spent most of his time in retirement in Las Vegas and has traveled to Washington just a handful of times, according to a person familiar with his travels. He, along with former House speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), serves as a co-chair of the MGM Resorts International Public Policy Institute at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and he also is a fellow at the university’s law school.
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A terrible disease, and a painful way to die.
Prayers for mercy and a good death for Harry Reid. It is the best he can hope for.
My mom died of this last year..... not fun.
No worries.
>They said it was caught early.<
Rule 190
Hear everything
Believe nothing
I would like to congratulate the tumor for being successfully removed from Harry Reid.
Well, I’ll be sure and say a special prayer.
I didn't do $*#_& to him or his family, but he sure did &-#-@* to mine! Damn him to hell. Judge away. I have every right to judge too. Everyone can't be innocent...
It depends on whether the tumor was in the head of the pancreas or the tail.
... regardless of when Harry Reid checks out, he won't leave a vacancy in the human race.
Great. Posted on twitter with attribution.
It’s pretty much the worst kind of cancer you can get, only 20% survive a year and zilcho surivive over 5 years, something like 5%
Pancreatic cancer? He is a GONER! He will race John McCain out the door.
Reid must not have an ObamaCare plan, since they would have just sent him home with some pain pills ...
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