Althouse: Years ago, the Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, was diagnosed with "esophageal cancer, an often-fatal form of the disease that Evers has said he thought would kill him."

October 28, 2018

Years ago, the Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, was diagnosed with "esophageal cancer, an often-fatal form of the disease that Evers has said he thought would kill him."

"Radical surgery in 2008 to remove Evers’ esophagus and part of his stomach caused him to lose weight and permanently changed his eating and sleeping habits. But now he has been cancer-free for a decade...."

From "What would the next four years bring under Scott Walker or Tony Evers?" (Wisconsin State Journal), where we also hear that Scott Walker is "A preacher’s son and Harley motorcycle rider who touts his daily lunch ritual of ham sandwiches and cranberry juice."

In the melodrama of politics having no esophagus and only part of a stomach beats eating the same thing for lunch every day.

20 comments:

rhhardin said...: No stomach for Evers campaign.; 10/28/18, 8:41 AM
Tommy Duncan said...: OK, I give up. How do you eat and function without an esophagus?; 10/28/18, 8:43 AM
Fernandinande said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/28/18, 8:44 AM
Fernandinande said...: It's a good idea to vote for someone who has had a disease because they'll be motivated to advocate for what they believe in, and to believe in what they advocate, which in this case is wasting more money on babysitters.

For the children.; 10/28/18, 8:46 AM
Wince said...: In the melodrama of politics having no esophagus and only part of a stomach beats eating the same thing for lunch every day.

Esoph fables are hard to beat.; 10/28/18, 8:55 AM
AllenS said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/28/18, 9:01 AM
AllenS said...: Evers looks like he hasn't had a solid meal in about 10 years.; 10/28/18, 9:02 AM
Fernandinande said...: Here is Evers' pet cow.; 10/28/18, 9:04 AM
Bob Boyd said...: "Radical surgery in 2008 to remove Evers’ esophagus and part of his stomach"

Well, it's not sex reassignment surgery, but it's better than nothing.; 10/28/18, 9:05 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/28/18, 9:15 AM
Tom T. said...: My father likewise had his esophagus removed due to cancer. Eating afterward wasn't actually all that different. He too lasted ten years cancer-free, but then it reappeared in his brain, and that was the end.; 10/28/18, 9:20 AM
Drago said...: Does he have the necessary fire in the belly to run effectively for this office?; 10/28/18, 9:23 AM
Darrell said...: Let the dead bury the dead.
But don't vote for them.; 10/28/18, 9:31 AM
Bob Boyd said...: "Let the dead bury the dead."

But don't let them vote.
And don't let them walk the earth in search of human brains either. Both are destructive of our societal norms.; 10/28/18, 9:38 AM
narciso said...: That statement has nothing to do with burial but priorities and obligations.; 10/28/18, 9:41 AM
Michael K said...: I've done lots of those operations. I had some long term survivors, too. One lady was one of my first cases in practice. One thing about women whose stomach is removed; they lose a lot weight. This woman was about 40 and weighed about 140 and was well proportioned. She was a supermarket manager. Postop she weighed about 90 pounds and never gained back above 100 pounds. Every time she came in the office, I was afraid she had a recurrence but she never did. About 20 years later she retired and moved away, still about 95 pounds

I think this experience was the incentive for the obesity surgery which bypasses the stomach. It doesn't seem to affect men the same way and they don't get, and stay, as skinny postop.; 10/28/18, 9:56 AM
cubanbob said...: If I were a Wisconsin taxpayer I wouldn't care about what the candidates eat or can eat but rather which would force feed me the larger crap sandwich. When it comes to crap sandwiches, I say less is best. Vote for the candidate that will give you less crap.; 10/28/18, 10:46 AM
MayBee said...: I'm really happy for him!

Is that Evers, rhymes with levers?; 10/28/18, 11:09 AM
Clyde said...: No esophagus and only part of a stomach is the Venezuelan-portion socialist meal plan. You're not hungry, you just can only eat a little. Walker has a big capitalist American stomach.; 10/28/18, 1:32 PM
Douglas B. Levene said...: He's a lucky man to be alive. My father died in 1980 from esophageal cancer. It's pretty awful and survival rates are extremely low.; 10/28/18, 8:59 PM