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don t usually survive their first round of pancreatic cancer. the fact she has a second tumor is terrifying at some level. i just think she s exactly what you saw there. she just is sharp as a tack. she is incredibly meticulously careful. when she had lung cancer last winter and we flipped out the reason she took longer to recover is because she refused to take pain meds because she was working the whole time. major lobectomy on the lung and won t take pain meds. if you look at her medical history, that was the first time in 25 years on the court she was not present for oral arguments. what do you read into that? is that something we should have more worry about? i mean, i m not an oncologist. i think to the extent you want to worry, it s worrisome they did this through radiation and not surgery.
is it is it something we should be worried about? this is completely routine. there are two components to her situation. there s the short term and the long term. in the short term she underwent a procedure called a lobectomy. a lobectomy is a cancer operation where you remove one of the lobes of the lung. on the right you have three lobes. on the left you have two lobes. she had the lower lobe removed from her left. and that is a routine operation, but it is a big operation. is it more serious to have it on the left lung than on the right because of the two lobes versus three lobes? not necessarily. not necessarily. and it is a difficult operation to recover from, but she did very well. she was home in four days. and you can t expect her to be back this soon. she s only a couple of weeks out of surgery. i had an appendectomy when i was 42 and i was out of commission for a month. she s 85 and had half of her lung removed. we have to be patient. she will be back and she will be
of course, this justice is 85 years old. she had a pulmonary lobectomy, that s two nodules from her lung. they re not going recommend any further treatment beyond the surgery yesterday. at the same time, it s very serious. of course, you could always have risks after a surgery of this level. but, remember, justice ginsburg is a survivor. she had colorectal surgery back in 1999. earlier than that, she had surgery for pancreatic surgery. she s known throughout the country for her daily exercise routine. she s become a pop icon in her own right. there s not just one but two