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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,944 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:16 PM Tuesday

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 Tuesday OP
What a shithead NoRethugFriends Tuesday #1
Will he emerge with the Mar-A-Lago face? leftstreet Tuesday #2
Nice Swede Tuesday #6
Rotary cuff, eh? Too bad it wasn't a brain transplant. nt allegorical oracle Tuesday #3
I am glad the docs do not have to waste a good brain on rfkJr.!! riversedge Tuesday #7
Very painful recovery Bobstandard Tuesday #4
He's going to drink fermented road kill Wicked Blue Tuesday #5
Sauerkraut perhaps? Ritabert Tuesday #8
Don't be silly. Sauerkraut is for enemas. Wicked Blue Yesterday #18
LOL! Ritabert Yesterday #21
Rub beef tallow on that shoulder BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #16
He'll demand painkillers, and he'll snort them off a toilet seat synni Tuesday #15
But I heard the condition can be cured by eating full fat yogurt with bacon chunks in it. Vinca Tuesday #9
Just fill a syringe full of ivermectin and jam it in there. tanyev Tuesday #10
"Intense workouts" video calls with Olivia Nuzzi LR3 Tuesday #11
i'll b surprised if he is back that quickly. mopinko Tuesday #12
I'm sure anesthesia will do THAT brain a world of good! Maru Kitteh Tuesday #13
Wish they could wake him up in the middle of surgery and all be dressed as Voodoo "witch doctors". eppur_se_muova Tuesday #14
LOL! Ritabert Yesterday #22
Doing too many pull ups at the airport? Initech Yesterday #17
Working out with blue jeans on no doubt. Ritabert Yesterday #23
Hopefully they give him opioids for pain and he becomes a junkie again. BannonsLiver Yesterday #19
Hopefully they give him Tylenol and a circumcision mr715 Yesterday #24
I hear quartz crystals and leeches for rotator cuff mr715 Yesterday #20

Bobstandard

(2,261 posts)
4. Very painful recovery
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:22 PM
Tuesday

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

(49,132 posts)
10. Just fill a syringe full of ivermectin and jam it in there.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:47 PM
Tuesday

It’ll fix that rotary cuff pronto.

mopinko

(73,609 posts)
12. i'll b surprised if he is back that quickly.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:00 PM
Tuesday

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

(41,738 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
Tuesday

Then put him back under.

mr715

(3,413 posts)
20. I hear quartz crystals and leeches for rotator cuff
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 01:19 PM
Yesterday

But I'm not up to date on my medical info. How are his humours? Phlegmatic or bilious?

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