After cancer treatment, Chavez playing ball again

[Judi Lynn]

After cancer treatment, Chavez playing ball again
Published: Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 6:40 p.m. MDT
By Ian James, Associated Press

ARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tossed a softball overhand with gusto Thursday, said his latest medical checks have been stellar and ridiculed rumors that his health might have taken a turn for the worse.

Chavez said he is bouncing back vigorously from chemotherapy and gaining weight more than three months after he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his pelvic region. He declined to say what type of cancer he was diagnosed with.

"You want me to tell you more? What for?" Chavez said when asked about the cancer at a news conference. "Go to the hospital and ask any person who has cancer: ... 'What is it that you have? And what type is it?' Isn't there something morbid in that?"

"I had a tumor. Now, what do you want me to tell you? That I take the tumor and explain to you here what type of tumor it was and the causes?" Chavez said. "I'm not going to gratify you. A malignant tumor. What more do you all want? ... I had it here, they extracted it."

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[Peace Patriot]

1. And THAT, my friends, is how public figures should respond to the paparazzi

when they torture public figures with lurid questions about their private lives. I am sick unto death of Murdoch-style 'journalism' that tries to rip open matters that EVERY PERSON on this planet has a right to keep private, including--notably--their sex lives. But it is rare that a public figure comes along with this kind of poise--to politely and reasonably shut them up. Kudos to Chavez for saying what needed to be said about this!