TMI: Five Polyps Removed from Bush's Colon
Talk about TOO MUCH INFORMATION - whatever happened to HIPPA???
Doctors removed five small growths from President Bush's colon Saturday after he temporarily transferred the powers of his office to Vice President Dick Cheney under the rarely invoked 25th Amendment.The polyps, extra tissue growing inside his large intestine, were found during a routine colon cancer scan performed at the Camp David presidential retreat.
"All were less than 1 centimeter (about four-tenths of an inch) and none appeared worrisome," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said. Outside medical experts agreed.
They were sent to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., to be microscopically examined for signs of cancer. Results were expected in 48 hours to 72 hours. Polyps can turn cancerous, so finding them early is one of the best ways to prevent the disease and improve the odds of surviving it.
"The standard procedure is to remove all polyps that you see," said Dr. David Weinberg, director of gastroenterology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, who was not part of the medical team at Camp David. "But the majority of polyps taken out that are less than 1 centimeter in size are very unlikely to have cancer in them."
But, we can still hope.
* * * For the general population, a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer is recommended every 10 years. But for people at higher risk, or if a colonoscopy detects polyps, follow-up colonoscopies often are scheduled in three- to five-year intervals.
Doctors discovered that Bush had two polyps during a similar scan in 1998 and two more were found during a colon screening in 1999, while Bush was governor of Texas. That made the 61-year-old president a prime candidate for regular examinations. The screening done in 2002 revealed no polyps or abnormalities.
"The more polyps you have, the more frequent you need to have a colonoscopy[.]"
Call it poetic justice - after 6 years of screwing America over, Bush gets to be on the receiving end for a change.
Maybe we'll get lucky and God will get to him before he pulls the trigger on Iran.
The Chimpeor's "polyps" came from Cheney being on top too long.
From the polyp:
Revealed: Massive obstruction of justice discovered.
...of craniorectal inversion.
"Ässhole Removed from Polyps Head"
...which proves his head is up his ass.
...for a suspected brain tumor.
The polyp looks happy to be there, too.
UPDATE
A frozen section biopsy reveals it's just a piece of shit.
The Neo-con Polyps in Bush's brains should be removed urgently before he destroys mankind
...qrswave, for a tasteful colonoscopy posting.
...needs a good reaming out, too.
The latest gallup poll indicates Nancy Pelosi is a polyp gal.
The short presidency of Dick Cheney