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PCIntern

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10. Wait a minute here:
Sat May 30, 2026, 10:29 AM
Saturday

I’m going to assume for the sake of argument that she really does have thyroid cancer. They’re like eight different kinds and some of the survival rates are in the high 90% range, like 97%.

As usual with the media, the details are never given, assumed not to be important, this is much more complex than it appears to be, and you can never go by anecdotal cases. Saying that someone died from thyroid cancer and so this lady is going to it’s like saying that their brother-in-law got into a car and was killed in an accident so your neighbor shouldn’t go to the grocery store.

It is very common among women, I have had literally dozens and dozens of people in my practice diagnosed with it and to my memory I have never lost one from the thyroid cancer. OK, maybe one back in the 1980s.

If she were diagnosed with a glioblastoma, an aggressive pancreatic cancer, a metastatic osteosarcoma or even non-Hodgkins lymphoma, her prognosis over time would be guarded to poor, but absent details, this may not be a life-changing issue for her.

I am certainly not defending her, but I am very tired of misreporting and inadequate reporting of medical conditions in the media..

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The smug arrogance of her performance at the congressional hearings was disgusting. Swede Saturday #1
My hope Traildogbob Saturday #2
Fuck her. aocommunalpunch Saturday #3
Karma for protecting a pedophile. Emile Saturday #4
I was going to post the same thing about karma kimbutgar Saturday #23
And now she's pushing the blame on Blanche Retrograde Saturday #27
Likely not 'a pedophile' but a slew of them Attilatheblond Saturday #28
My Rebl2 Saturday #5
My brother had his removed too. imanamerican63 Saturday #6
Most thyroid cancers are permanently curable dalton99a Saturday #9
That is what happened to my aunt. imanamerican63 Saturday #11
Exactly Nigrum Cattus Saturday #16
Cancer really isn't curable, but it is survivable. I had Stage IV tonsil cancer in 2009. I know folks who were cancer sinkingfeeling Saturday #34
Yes, synthroid. I have low thyroid and take the generic brand... ananda Saturday #32
I take Synthroid, too, and have for almost 40 years for hypothyroidism. I tried the generic but my hormones Deuxcents Saturday #33
I've heard others say that generic didn't work for them either. ananda Saturday #37
me too gopiscrap Saturday #39
THE DOW IS AT 50,000 DOLLARS!!!! SSJVegeta Saturday #7
I wished just one democratic politician Emile Saturday #14
She probably Rebl2 Saturday #36
You Forgot To Add "Dollars" ProfessorGAC Saturday #15
Fixed SSJVegeta Saturday #24
$50,000!! OMGWTF Saturday #17
Closed at 51,032.46 on Friday, 5/29/26. Igel Saturday #40
Just hearing the word cancer is terrifying bottomofthehill Saturday #8
Wait a minute here: PCIntern Saturday #10
I really... 2naSalit Saturday #12
Bondi is small potatoes. There are LOTS of people doing horrible things in this administration, in many cases Fil1957 Saturday #13
No Sympathy for the Devil. Karma will rot her soul! LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #18
The fact that this vile creature... GiqueCee Saturday #19
I feel bad... IbogaProject Saturday #20
Ouch!🔥 Traildogbob Saturday #29
98-99% of people who have thyroid cancer survive. Ms. Toad Saturday #21
B-B-b-but, the DOW ! ! ! The DOW is over FIFTY-THOUSAND !! eom Exp Saturday #22
There's only one type of fatal thyroid cancer, and mostly men get it. mucholderthandirt Saturday #25
I'm going for apathy. Apathy feels right. nt FullySupportDems Saturday #26
We don't know the details. It might be bad, it might not (speaking relatively). RockRaven Saturday #30
I had it 30+ years ago Sweet Rosie Red Saturday #31
Could it have been caused by vaccines? I bet Dr Robby Jr can give her some advice: struggle4progress Saturday #35
Sometime in the next 60-70 years, everyone on this forum will be dead. TheProle Saturday #38
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