Get Well Senator Wyden!

David Streeter — December 17, 2010 – 11:24 am | Democrats Comments (0) Add a comment

NJDC’s Honorary Chair Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced that he will be undergoing treatment for the early stages of prostate cancer in the coming days. Wyden said in a statement:

After my annual physical in late November, I was diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer. After reviewing all the options with multiple physicians, I decided to take a proactive approach and have surgery, which will be performed December 20 at Johns Hopkins Hospital by Dr. Alan Partin.

Thanks to routine screening, this was diagnosed very early and I expect a full and speedy recovery.

I scheduled the surgery for the Monday before Christmas anticipating that the Senate would have recessed by that time and that there would be no disruption to my work in Oregon or Washington.

However, it now appears that I will be missing votes tomorrow and possibly next week while I prepare and undergo this procedure. I expect to be back to work full-time when the Senate reconvenes in January.

If anything is taken away from my experience, I hope it is the importance of getting routine physicals. One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetimes. Early detection is critical to catching this disease when treatment is most effective.

NJDC will keep Wyden, his wife Nancy, and his entire family in our thoughts and prayers as he heads in for treatment on Monday. Wyden’s prognosis of a full recovery is welcome news and we wish Wyden a refeuah shlema (speedy recovery).

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