Yay, Tony!
WH press secretary Tony Snow will be back in action today five weeks after finding out his cancer had metasized, and undergoing exploratory cancer surgery last month. The AP reports:
WASHINGTON – White House press secretary Tony Snow was back on the job Monday, five weeks after doctors discovered a recurrence of his cancer. He said he would soon undergo chemotherapy “just to make sure we’ve got the thing knocked out.”
Snow, 51, has been on medical leave since undergoing exploratory surgery last month, when doctors discovered that a growth in his abdominal area was cancerous and had metastasized, or spread, to the liver.
Snow started typically early, appearing Monday on the North Lawn of the White House for a series of morning television network news shows, including an interview on “Fox and Friends,” with his former Fox network colleagues.
“I’ve recovered from the surgery, more or less,” Snow said in a CNN interview. “I’ll start doing chemo on Friday. We’ll do it every other week for four months.”
Once a month, Snow said, “We’ll do a maintenance chemo just to make sure we’ve got the thing knocked out and put in remission.”
Snow had his colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
Good to have ya back, Mr. Snow
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