Tulsi Gabbard shares update on husband Abraham Williams' bone cancer surgery and recovery
Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard posted a video to X on Thursday updating the public on her husband Abraham Williams' surgery for sacral chordoma, a rare bone cancer. Doctors told the couple they are confident all cancerous bone and tissue was removed during the procedure. Gabbard resigned from the Trump administration in May and officially left at the end of June to support her husband's recovery.
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Tulsi Gabbard posted a roughly three-minute video to X on Thursday describing her husband Abraham Williams' diagnosis, surgery, and ongoing recovery from sacral chordoma, a rare, slow-growing cancerous bone tumor that forms in the sacrum — the triangular bone at the base of the spine above the tailbone.
In the video, Gabbard described receiving the initial call from Williams and said he was told he had "a one in a million type of cancer." The couple elected surgery over radiation. Williams underwent nearly eight hours of general anesthesia, and Gabbard described a difficult immediate post-operative period in which he experienced adverse reactions to medication and chose to refuse narcotic pain relief, instead pushing through the pain to begin walking with assistance from nurses.
Weeks after the procedure, the pathologist and surgical team told the couple they were confident all cancerous bone and tissue had been removed. According to Gabbard, Williams is now approximately three months out from surgery and has begun a rigorous physical therapy program, though she noted he "gets frustrated" because he wants to progress faster.