Argentine President Fernandez 'did not have cancer'

[dipsydoodle]

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner did not have cancer after all, the presidential spokesman has said.

Ms Fernandez underwent an operation last Wednesday aimed at treating suspected thyroid cancer.

Supporters gathered in vigil at the hospital amid huge public interest.

But post-operative tests had definitively ruled out the presence of cancerous cells in removed nodules, spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16456040

Good news.

[Judi Lynn]

1. This wonderful progressive leader can use this great news! Happy New Year, President Fernandez.

What a relief for those of us who've been following the news there.

Her country most definitely needs the great good she can do, has done, as a progressive following the decades of living hell forced upon the citizens by the Argentinian ethics-free right-wing with U.S. right-wing support, first through a hatred-driven murderous, torture-freak right-wing military dictatorship, supported by Henry Kissinger, then a devastating financial wreck.

Thank you, dipsydoodle. So glad to see your post.

[freshwest]

10. Yes, more good news today.

[cstanleytech]

2. So does this puncture the tire of the people supporting the insane

idea from Chavez about the US infecting south american leaders with cancer as a "warning"?

[Judi Lynn]

3. Probably a good idea to celebrate the fact she doesn't have the disease as yet. n/t

[The Doctor.]

6. Hey, in the midst of your desire to 'score points'

could you possibly at least acknowledge this apparent good fortune?

Chavez' musings are irrelevant here.

[cstanleytech]

9. Odd though, the "musings" as you call them seemed relevant even though

they were entirely unsupported before on the DU with anything remotely resembling proof but whatever *shrug*

[dotymed]

11. Chavez never accuseed anyone. Fox tee vee probably forgot that....n\t

[cstanleytech]

14. I wouldnt know, I blocked Fox News years ago because they are an infomercial trying to sell

the shit that the GOP keeps shoveling.

[treestar]

15. Probably not

Most likely it will just be a failure on the CIAs part.

[COLGATE4]

4. CIA is so fucked up

they couldn't even carry out their recently discovered dastardly plot to induce cancer in Latin American leaders (sarcasm)

[DissedByBush]

8. Now Chavez can claim he foiled a CIA plot n/t

[dotymed]

12. Totally off-thread. Chavez could make a lot of true statements though he never accused CIA of this.

[DissedByBush]

16. I've heard the half-assed weasel denials

He said it, he's crazy, deal with it.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Argentine leader’s thyroid wasn’t cancerous after all; now she faces lifetime hormone therapy

Argentine leader’s thyroid wasn’t cancerous after all; now she faces lifetime hormone therapy
By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, January 7, 5:14 PM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez didn’t have cancer after all.

After having some of Argentina’s leading cancer surgeons completely remove her thyroid gland, tests showed no presence of any cancerous cells in the tissue, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said Saturday.

“The Presidential Medical Unit has the satisfaction of communicating that the team at the Austral University Hospital informed that tissue studies ruled out the presence of cancerous cells in the thyroid glands, thus modifying the initial diagnosis,” Scoccimarro said.

Fernandez doesn’t even have to swallow the radioactive iodine that patients usually take after thyroid cancer surgery, to make sure any remaining cancer cells are killed, the spokesman said.

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/argentine-leaders-thyroid-wasnt-cancerous-after-all-now-she-faces-lifetime-hormone-therapy/2012/01/07/gIQA0TgdhP_story.html

[Louisiana1976]

7. I imagine lifetime hormone therapy means she has to take thyroid pills.

It's no big deal-- I've been taking thyroid pills because I've low thyroid.

[LeftishBrit]

13. Glad to hear this!

[Beacool]

17. Damn, foiled again!!!

The US didn't give Cristina cancer. What will Chavez say now?

On a serious note, I'm glad that she's OK.