Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes cancer surgery

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractured three ribs after a fall a little more than a month ago. Now the 85-year-old justice underwent surgery for lung cancer on Friday.

CNN reported that, "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had two cancerous nodules removed from her left lung Friday at a New York hospital, the Supreme Court announced."

In a statement released by the SCOTUS, Justice Ginsburg was to have undergone a "pulmonary lobectomy" in New York City on Friday. Currently, no evidence exists that Ginsburg has any other complications. The full statement reads:

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a pulmonary lobectomy today at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Two nodules in the lower lobe of her left lung were discovered incidentally during tests performed at George Washington University Hospital to diagnose and treat rib fractures sustained in a fall on November 7.

According to the thoracic surgeon, Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, both nodules removed during surgery were found to be malignant on initial pathology evaluation. Post-surgery, there was no evidence of any remaining disease. Scans performed before surgery indicated no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. Currently, no further treatment is planned. Justice Ginsburg is resting comfortably and is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days. Updates will be provided as they become available.

In November, Ginsburg, a Clinton appointee, was hospitalized from two fractured ribs she received in a nasty fall that occurred in her office at the Court. After the incident, she went home but experienced pain overnight and in the morning went to George Washington University Hospital. Tests revealed three fractured ribs and she was admitted for observation and treatment.

According to the Associated Press, Justice Ginsburg has a history of health problems that she has overcome in recent years. In 2012 she fractured two ribs and had two previous cancer bouts and had a stent implanted in 2014. In 2009 she was hospitalized due to a negative reaction to medication.

At 85, Justice Ginsburg has unfortunately made no plans to retire from her Supreme Court seat. That's too bad because if it were filled by another conservative justice, the country would be a better place.

I wish Justice Ginsburg a speedy recovery and a quick retirement.

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