According to new reports Fidel Castro may be dying from the same disease that almost killed me in April, 2005 in Fallujah. Called diverticulitis, it occurs when pouches (diverticula) in the large intestine (which in and of themselves are relatively common in adults) become perforated and flood the peritoneal cavity with germs. Prior to any such perforation, areas of colon with such pouches can be cut out and the colon reattached. But if perforated, this technique virtually guarantees continued infection and so standard procedure is to run the colon out the side through a colostomy. (Temporary in my case.) Castro's Spanish doctor assuredly knew this but was probably ordered by El Jefe to skip the colostomy. For his troubles, he ended up with one anyway. Between the disease and the surgery all of this is horribly painful - which is why I'm glad Fidel has it, notwithstanding that it gives us something in common besides smoking cigars and having ugly beards.
If it is diverticulitis, even if complicated, he probably won't die from it... at least not soon (now that we've seen him walking around).
He will probably be weak for a while though.
That is assuming the Cuban Health system is up to the task. We shall see if that is the case.
Wow, wishing pain on someone. Nice guy.
Also, clueless as to which you speak. Castro hasn't smoked cigars for years. I hope your other work is based on better info gathering and retention than these statements.
argh... That is waay too much detail for me.
"I would never wish death upon any man, but I will admit to reading many an obituary with grim satisfaction."
I admit with shame to not recalling the source of that quote, but it does sound rather like Samuel Clemens.