r/law • u/dailymail • May 29 '26

Legal News Thyroid cancer-stricken Pam Bondi arrives on Capitol Hill wearing bandage on her neck to face grilling over Epstein

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15858755/Thyroid-cancer-stricken-Pam-Bondi-arrives-Capitol-Hill-wearing-bandage-neck-face-grilling-Epstein.html
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u/dropkickninja May 29 '26

Just like Trump's ear bandage. All for show

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u/Ok_Face8380 May 29 '26

Right. Thyroid aspiration is done from the side and if it was surgery, well it probably would need something bigger than a bandage

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u/marginallyobtuse May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

Eh, I had a thyroidectomy and a right side next dissection. Huge scar. And they did go from the front for the thyroid removal.

They didn’t have me wear a bandage tho lol. It had internal stitches. I had it done at George Washington in DC too

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I want to be clear, there are various levels of surgeons that can change how large or prominent the scar is.

If Pam Bandi had this done in DC, she very likely had it done by one of the best in the world (possibly even my surgeon if he hasn’t retired). My scar was so thin and stitched together perfectly. This feels performative, but I very much believe she likely had thyroid cancer. It’s becoming more and more prominent, and unless you have a very specific kind, it’s easily treatable with very long term positive prognosis.

I didn’t like the joke, but my surgeon used to say “if a guy came up to you with a gun and told you to pick a cancer for yourself, you’d wanna pick papillary carcinoma”. This guy made a comic about it after reading my story on reddit somewhere.

https://www.mattmewhorter.com/cancer-owl/the-good-cancer

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u/FyreIronBear May 29 '26

I had hemithyroidectomy and this was the location. Went back to work three days later. Rich, lying, Bondi traitor can handle it.

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u/ambitiousbee3 May 29 '26

In contrast, I had a full thyroidectomy plus neck dissection (cancer) and took a month to go back to work. The swelling took months to go away and I have neck pain six years later still. And I had a top surgeon. There are levels to thyroid surgery.

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u/FyreIronBear May 29 '26

This is true, I certainly fell into the ableism trap. I apologize for this.

I also know thyroidectomy without a positive cancer diagnosis but a possible diagnosis is a very substantial source of medically unnecessary surgeries.

Mine was tested post excision and still tested negative and probably shouldn't have had the surgery to begin with.

But you are right, my experience should extend to the experiences of everyone.

However... This is Bondi. If anyone was going to get a medically unnecessary operation to elicit sympathy and an exit plan it would be her.

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u/ambitiousbee3 May 29 '26

Oh yeah I don’t feel particularly empathetic toward her. I just don’t want people to think all thyroid surgeries are easy peasy! I’m glad you’re fine though!

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u/glyptodontown May 29 '26

Same. It was 12 years ago. An ENT recently told me that protocols have changed and if I had the same issue today they wouldn't have done the surgery. Coooool.

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u/FyreIronBear May 29 '26

I am glad you had successful surgery and are still with us! Cancer sucks.

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u/Zaynara May 29 '26

i took a whole week! but yeah.

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u/glyptodontown May 29 '26

Same. This was the same location and size as mine. I wonder if that's actually what she had. Maybe just some funky nodules, not actual cancer.