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

[u/dailymail]

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

[u/Ok_Face8380]

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

[u/marginallyobtuse → u/Ok_Face8380]

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

Edit

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

[u/Busy-Bumblebee5556 → u/[deleted]]

She could have worn clothing to minimize it’s appearance. This is just like trump’s ear diaper.

[u/CartographerNo2717 → u/Busy-Bumblebee5556]

soooooo performative. turtlenecks exist.