Senator KLOBUCHAR announces she's cancer-free!

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https://www.mediaite.com/news/amy-klobuchar-announces-shes-cancer-free/

Amy Klobuchar Announces She’s Cancer-Free

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced on Wednesday that she is cancer-free.

“Good news to share: I got my results back from my first 6-month post-cancer exam & everything was clear. I’m so grateful to be healthy and thankful for my family, friends, and the incredible doctors and nurses who have helped me. And don’t forget– schedule that mammogram today!” she tweeted. ....

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[MustLoveBeagles]

2. Great news

Congratulations Amy.

[hamsterjill]

3. Good for her!!

She’s a strong force for the Democrats. I’m glad she is doing well.

[Totally Tunsie]

4. That's fabulous news!

You go, Girl!

[Celerity]

5. Great news!!!

[Haggard Celine]

6. Great news!

Maybe she'll live to be President one day.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Yeah

[rurallib]

8. And she did it following doctors orders

and not using Facebook as her medical advisor.

[dixiechiken1]

9. That is GREAT news!

So, so happy for her & her family!

[FakeNoose]

10. Congratulations and best wishes to Senator Amy Klobuchar!

[LittleGirl]

11. scheduled mine today! eom

[mchill]

12. Strange proclamation

Breast cancer is never considered cured. Not sure what test she would have after 6 months to say “cancer free.” A petscan might pick up metastasis but that can happen even up to 20 years later. Oh well, politically it sounds good I guess.

[whopis01]

19. She did not say that. And certainly not just to sound good politically.

What she said was

"I got my results back from my first 6-month post-cancer exam & everything was clear."

The author of the article reworded that to read that she was announcing that she is "cancer free".

So I think this was more of a "it sounds good for a headline" rather than sounds good politically.

[mchill]

20. Well at 6 months post treatment

Can’t even imagine what tests she had to say this. Perhaps an ultrasound or MRI after a lumpectomy, but after surgery and clear margins one would not expect for the cancer to return that fast nor is that a typical test at 6 months, but I’m just going by my own experiences and knowledge. I imagine if one had a test-happy doctor?

[whopis01]

21. Almost certainly a mammogram

After a lumpectomy and radiation treatment, a mammogram at 6 months is typical. If it is clear, then yearly mammograms are usually recommended.

The first mammogram is done after the tissue has healed from the surgery in order to get a baseline image for future comparison. Of course it is examined for signs of the cancer returning, but it is primarily intended for a baseline for the future.

[calimary]

13. Good! But remain vigilant, Senator Klobuchar.

[gademocrat7]

14. Great news!

[DFW]

15. She said her exam was clear, not that she was cancer-free.

My wife had breast cancer 20 years ago. It hasn’t returned in that form, but 5 years ago, she was diagnosed with an always-fatal form of cancer known here in Germany as « the murderer. »

However, because she had had cancer already, and gets examined frequently for recurrences, she was that one patient out of ten thousand for whom « the murderer » was discovered early enough to have been stopped before it could spread. Her surgeon was amazed, since this cancer is so silent that it is never discovered until it is too late.

Once you have had cancer, you must get checked for recurrence often. Even then, there are no guarantees, but your chances of surviving a second round are vastly improved.

[ffr]

16. Excellent news!

Didn't know she was diagnosed with cancer, but glad she's in the clear.

[malaise]

17. So Happy for her

Great news

[malaise]

18. So Happy for her

Great news

[oldsoftie]

22. Excellent! I HATE cancer. it just sucks. nt