dick cheney goes under the knife - then what..??

[BensMom]

So dick will have surgery for an aneurysm in the area of his knee. What is the next move? Will he have a full recovery and be a more visible part of this administration?

Or will he opt out and open the door for the next one to inherit the throne to move into his spot?

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. Barring an unfortunate...

...run-in with garlic, or daylight, there's no reason why Cheney shouldn't finish his term.

[Robertwf]

19. Time to Notify FEMA

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. they will install new cyborg memory chips, batteries and programming

after a lube job and some testing, he will have his new helmet attached, never to be removed again. Oh, that and his light saber has been rebuilt as well.

[kohodog]

6. He needs a new motherboard.

and more RAM.

[DemInDistress]

3. Then "Big Dick" hides out while Fitzgerald

lowers the boom on this corrupt gang of scumbags.

[BlueJac]

4. OMG I hope they don't slip!!!

[NoPasaran]

Yeah, one mistake

And Bush* would end up in charge!

[rateyes]

5. Reversing what Ronald Reagan said before

his surgery after the assassination attempt, "I hope Dick Cheney's surgeons are Democrats!" :evilgrin: :)

[benburch]

7. With his prior problems...

any surgical anesthesia could bring about a life-threatening problem.

There is nothing routine about operating on a man who has had as many heart issues as he has.

I would wager there is about a 30% chance that he will either not make it or will suffer complications that will take him out of public life for good.

Why do you think he has been buying property? It is estate planning.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. Ladies and Germs I give you Vice President

Newt Gingrich.

[DeadManInc]

9. Hope they use a dull knife and no anaesthesia.

[rsmith6621]

10. Isnt This What Vacations are For!!!!!

If I wanted to go have surgury my employer would expect me to use vacation time......what about dicky baby..........

He just got off a five week 2 weeks ago....why didmt he get it done then....

[BensMom]

11. You guys make me laugh

Maybe his medical team will have brown skin?

I am thinking he won't be back.
Check this out. Something is cooking.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/04/AR2005090401391.html

[Eurobabe]

13. With his medical history, his time would be better spent

coffin shopping!

[SoCalDem]

17. Costco sells coffins..

maybe walmart does too

[SoCalDem]

12. I hope it's a rusty knife, dipped in New Olreans water

:)

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Knife? What knife? I thought they used chain saws on dead wood.

[Vickers]

15. I think he's getting the Cotton Hill treatment...Hank Hill's dad, on King

the Hill? He had his shins blown off in the war.

http://www.fox.com/KingoftheHill/bios/cotton.htm

I think that would be a good look for Tricky Dick. :rofl:

[nevergiveup]

16. Cheney has always been a right-wing knee-jerk

politician. If they operate on his knee and remove the jerk what will we have?

[RC]

18. An aneurysm or just a varicose vein?

Or do only us commoners have varicose veins?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. It's an aneurysm, meaning artery. Presumably the popliteal artery, which

is the main one going through the back of the knee.

Cheney has severe atherosclerosis, or blockages of the arteries. The blockages in the arteries to his heart, causing his heart attacks, are only one manifestation of a system wide disease of the arteries.

Blockages and aneurysms could occur in many different arteries, including the carotids (supplying the brain), the aorta (the main artery running through the chest and abdomen, and arteries at various levels in the legs.

An aneurysm is a weakening of the artery wall causing a ballooning of the vessel at some point. If it were the aorta, this could lead to a catastrophic rupture and hemorrhage.

In the knee it would be unlikely to cause major bleeding, but an aneurysm could disrupt blood supply to the lower leg, causing a cold, numb or painful leg/foot and eventually gangrene in severe instances.

Surgery would be most likely directed at repairing or bypassing the aneurysm area, sometimes with a synthetic piece of tubing to replace the damaged portion of the artery.

Given the severity of the VP's heart disease, he'd represent a relatively poor surgical risk, a common problem among patients with vascular disease. But the nature of popliteal aneurysm surgery is usually less strenous compared with heart surgery or surgery on the major arteries of the chest or abdomen.