Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has announced that her cancer has recurred and is thus going through chemotherapy.
She added that the results have been very promising, with her recent scan showing a dramatic decrease of cancer cells by her liver.
According to the statement that was released, the Supreme Court justice began her chemotherapy last May. The recurrence of cancer was identified in her February check-up, which consequent tests confirmed lesions on her liver.
She also clarified that the she was not lying or hiding the fact that she has been treating cancer, saying that her recent visits to the hospital to treat an infection and remove a gallstone were all unrelated with her cancer.
The announcement also said that Ginsburg tried immunotherapy, which has less side-effects, which proved to be ineffective. It was after failing to yield meaningful results via immunotherapy that she decided to go through chemo.
Justice Ginsburg said that she has been coping well with the notoriously difficult and draining process of chemotherapy. Expressing her optimism with the great results it has yielded so far, she says she will continue to receive her treatment once every two weeks.
In what is perhaps the most important aspect of the announcement, Ginsburg emphasized that she has no desire to resign from her position from the Supreme Court.
The Justice had previously said that she will continue to uphold her position as long as she can give it all she has. Saying how she has kept up with all the work, such as writing the opinion papers, Ginsburg said that she is still confident that she can perform at the highest level despite her ailments.
Those who have personally seen the Justice confirmed that she looks positive and cheerful like she says. Although some worried that she was losing weight in the earlier days of quarantine, she is said to have recovered those pounds despite going through chemo.
For the past 21 years, Ginsburg has had 5 separate instances of a cancer recurrence. In the last two years, this is already her third recurrence, which had many concerned over the 87 year old’s conditions.
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