The reports of her successful surgery and recovery are highly over stated. The next time she wears her black robe it will be when the embalmers place her in her casket.
Exactly. She's had cancer before, she had a stent placed in 2014, she had just recovered from fractured ribs earlier this year and now she's recuperating from cancerous nodules being removed from a lobe of her lung. The last several procedures have been in her 80's and I questioned the morbidity risk of her recent procedure. Many times surgery isn't an option for someone her age. The older a patient is undergoing surgery there is also a huge risk of cognitive decline.
My hunch is that we won't see her seated back on the bench, she will continue her leave of absence long enough for either 2020 to roll around in hopes that a DEM is seated, or she'll leave on a permanent vacation to the pearly gates.
I wish her well...