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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,924 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:16 PM 8 hrs ago

So RFKjr does believe in science based medical care..when he needs it. Undergoing surgery

He is having surgery rather than rubbing bear blood on his shoulder or howling to the moon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/rfk-jr-rotator-cuff-surgery.html


Reporting from Washington

March 10, 2026, 11:30 a.m. ET
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is having rotator cuff surgery on Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman for the department, who said he planned to return to work on Monday.

The department did not immediately respond to a query as to whether Mr. Kennedy’s injury was caused by the intense workouts he has promoted since taking the helm of the agency.

Mr. Kennedy, 72, has promoted the workouts as part of a wider campaign to improve Americans’ health. Last year, he and Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, launched a fitness initiative in which they challenged people to 100 push-ups and 50 pull-ups in under 10 minutes.

Mr. Kennedy has also publicized himself working out with various public figures, including other cabinet secretaries and the musician Kid Rock.

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So RFKjr does believe in science based medical care..when he needs it. Undergoing surgery (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 8 hrs ago OP
What a shithead NoRethugFriends 8 hrs ago #1
Will he emerge with the Mar-A-Lago face? leftstreet 7 hrs ago #2
Nice Swede 7 hrs ago #6
Rotary cuff, eh? Too bad it wasn't a brain transplant. nt allegorical oracle 7 hrs ago #3
I am glad the docs do not have to waste a good brain on rfkJr.!! riversedge 7 hrs ago #7
Very painful recovery Bobstandard 7 hrs ago #4
He's going to drink fermented road kill Wicked Blue 7 hrs ago #5
Sauerkraut perhaps? Ritabert 7 hrs ago #8
He'll demand painkillers, and he'll snort them off a toilet seat synni 6 hrs ago #15
But I heard the condition can be cured by eating full fat yogurt with bacon chunks in it. Vinca 7 hrs ago #9
Just fill a syringe full of ivermectin and jam it in there. tanyev 7 hrs ago #10
"Intense workouts" video calls with Olivia Nuzzi LR3 7 hrs ago #11
i'll b surprised if he is back that quickly. mopinko 7 hrs ago #12
I'm sure anesthesia will do THAT brain a world of good! Maru Kitteh 7 hrs ago #13
Wish they could wake him up in the middle of surgery and all be dressed as Voodoo "witch doctors". eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #14

Bobstandard

(2,255 posts)
4. Very painful recovery
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:22 PM
7 hrs ago

I’ve had ACL repair, a knee replacement and rotator cuff surgery. Recovery from the latter is by far the most painful of them. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

I wonder if he’s going to do it drug free? No oxy, no Tylenol, no ivermectin. Can I be the first to call bs if he claims he is?

tanyev

(49,113 posts)
10. Just fill a syringe full of ivermectin and jam it in there.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:47 PM
7 hrs ago

It’ll fix that rotary cuff pronto.

mopinko

(73,592 posts)
12. i'll b surprised if he is back that quickly.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:00 PM
7 hrs ago

i had that surgery, and i was lucky. my rehab went well. only took a couple mos of pt to b good.
a whole lot of ppl take mos and mos to get back to normal.

eppur_se_muova

(41,713 posts)
14. Wish they could wake him up in the middle of surgery and all be dressed as Voodoo "witch doctors".
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:39 PM
6 hrs ago

Then put him back under.

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