Chavez Faces More Cancer Treatment before Venezuela Vote

[TheDemSocialist]

President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer in the run-up to Venezuela's October presidential poll, though he insisted there was no metastasis after the removal of another tumor."I will live! I will overcome!" the 57-year-old socialist leader said in a televised meeting with some cabinet colleagues from Cuba, where he underwent an operation six days ago for a recurrence of the cancer that first struck him last year. Chavez's comments about his health came at the end of a 90-minute address to Venezuelans, in which he expressed confidence in his recovery, told jokes, signed state papers and even broke into song.He is seeking to extend his 13-year rule at a presidential election in October, but his health problems have raised doubts about his capacity to campaign for the presidency or to rule for another six-year term should he win.Last year, Chavez claimed - wrongly - to be completely cured, so some Venezuelans are skeptical about his own diagnostics and rumors persist in some pro-opposition media circles that he could be dying.​

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I hope Chavez is not bull****ting about his condition's. This elecction coming in October will be exciting that is for sure. I have my trust in Chavez and im sure his people willl support him in the coming election. ​

 

[MaggieD]

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I hope Chavez is not bull****ting about his condition's. This elecction coming in October will be exciting that is for sure. I have my trust in Chavez and im sure his people willl support him in the coming election. [/LEFT]

Respectfully, why are you using such a small font in your posts? I'm set on 125% and it's still teeny-tiny.

He's probably bull****ting. If he's having "another" tumor removed, he either has two completely different types of cancer, or the first tumor he had removed has metastitized. In either case, if one has a tumor "loose" in their body (not contained within an organ), metastisis is always suspect.

Example: Bladder cancer. One can remove a bladder tumor and have zero chance of metastisis...as long as it hasn't broken through the bladder wall. On the other hand, if one has a tumor on their liver, metastisis is always a distinct possibility. The fact that he has "another tumor" leads me to believe a first cancer has metastitized.

Granted, I'm assuming. But I'd put money on it.