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Wed 29 Dec, 2004 08:25 pm
Quote:George W. Bush apparently is wearing a medical device for "persons at risk of cardiac arrest." It is a LifeVest wearable defibrillator. He started using it sometime after his January 2002 fainting spell, which was attributed to choking. Based on photos showing him wearing the device, one can conclude the fainting was due to atrial fibrillation (AF), which his father also had. His father's AF was caused by Graves' hyperthyroidism, which his mother also has. Bush likely has AF and less likely Graves', based on his family history and symptoms. The AF may have caused a stroke or TIA (mini-stroke), of which physicians watching the debates detected symptoms. Observers have noted psychological symptoms consistent with this and with Wernicke-Korsakoff disease.
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Quote:EVIDENCE OF STROKE OR TIA
The evidence of atrial fibrillation is strong, based on photographic evidence that Mr. Bush wears an anti-arrythmic device, his father's having it, a confirmed sudden-fainting spell, numerous falls, and observation-at-a-distance. The evidence of a stroke or TIA is less strong. It is symptomatic and based observation-at-a-distance -- TV appearances and news reports -- but it is there.
A stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack) is one possible consequence of AF itself. A TIA basically is a mini-stroke.
Many observers, including physicians, have been concerned or even alarmed at the symptoms President Bush has evidenced in TV appearances.
The photo below shows the drooping mouth noticed by Dr. W. Kendall Tongier, M.D. of Dallas, Texas.
Er - there are several of these threads around now....
I checked the POLITICS topics and stuff..... really, I did!
'Anal-cranial inversion' - heh, heh, love that one.....
Noddy says you're malingering.
Noddy knows everything. Noddy is particularly good on knowing when people are not taking the pretty pills the doctor gave you.
Noddy is the biggest bitch authority figure in your life.
Oh Christ, that's my f*cking New Years shot.
So, where'd you find this one deb?
I don't know what it is..but lately, any thread that deb posts on becomes a Chinese fire drill... :wink:
That may indeed be the answer. However, in Bush's case the defibrillator was more than likely hooked up to his brain since that is where the stimulation is most needed.
But alas, revival is not possible.
Yeah, too late for the brain. But no great loss, I'm thinking.
Perhaps that device, in addition to the heart stimulation, also programs behavior and speech. Since the output is so minimal, it wouldn't have taken too great a scientific breakthrough to create the mechanism...
panzade wrote:I don't know what it is..but lately, any thread that deb posts on becomes a Chinese fire drill... :wink:
Er - what on earth is THAT???!!!
It's when you all get out of the car and run around like nutcases.
Well, I must say, there are problems with that on so MANY levels....
<hehehehehe>
I am not sure what it is, but I think it's when you stop at a red-light and change drivers. So, the driver and passenger get out and run around the car so their roles are reversed.
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