Stories vary
J
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,249021,00.html
Farrakhan, 73, had been hospitalized Jan. 5 to undergo a 12-hour abdominal
operation designed to correct damage caused by treatment for prostate
cancer, according to the Nation of Islam.

He was released Sunday, according to the black American Muslim group,
which has declined to reveal where he was hospitalized. He had prostate
cancer surgery in 2000.

The Detroit appearance may be Farrakhan's last major public address,
according to Tuesday's statement, in which Ishmael Muhammad said Farrakhan
"doesn't see himself coming before the public on such a major stage as we
are preparing in Detroit."

But the statement was qualified, saying Farrakhan may honor lesser
engagements.

Farrakhan is to continue his recuperation at home, according to the
statement, which did not specify whether he would be at his home in
Chicago or the farm he owns in southwestern Michigan's Berrien County,
about 190 miles west of Detroit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrakhan
Farrakhan announced that he is seriously ill in a September 11, 2006
letter to his staff, Nation of Islam members and supporters. The letter,
published on September 11, 2006 in The Final Call newspaper, said that
doctors in Cuba discovered an ulcer. According to the letter, subsequent
infections caused Farrakhan to lose 35 pounds. He urged the Nation of
Islam leadership to carry on while he recovers. [5]

Making his first public comments since his September 11 announcement of
his ill health, Farrakhan called in to Rev. Jesse Jackson's weekly
Rainbow/PUSH address on Saturday, October 21 and thanked the audience for
their wishes for his speedy recovery. In his comments that were also
carried live on Chicago's WVON radio station and various national cable
stations, Farrakhan said, "Let me thank God because he has blessed me to
be alive. I have good days and bad days. I am honored to have this moment
and give thanks to all of you. You cannot imagine how all of you have
uplifted my spirit."

Rev. Jackson said it was important for his audience to hear directly from
Farrakhan to dispel rumors that the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam
was near death. [6]. On January 06, 2007 a statement was released that
Farrakhan had undergone a 12 hour operation. The nature of the surgery was
not revealed. But doctors told Farrakhan's family that they are pleased
with the operation's outcome

http://www.noi.org/mlfbio.htm
Marking a new milestone in a life that has been devoted to the uplift of
humanity, Minister Farrakhan launched a   prostate cancer foundation in
his name May 10-11, 2003. First diagnosed in 1991 with prostate cancer, he
survived a public bout and endured critical complications after treatment
that brought him 180 seconds away from death.

My guess is radiation from his Mother Ship. ;-(

I.P.

He recounted the horrific day he almost bled to death in his bathroom,
losing four units of blood in his home

=====> just curious - how do you lose 4 units of blood and still live?

~ curtis

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional    
"Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is
invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so."
http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc

My Dad has the seeds and he has always told me that surgery isn't an
option after you get them. Is this true?

   Who says there's no justice in this world?