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RandySF

(59,809 posts)
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 10:37 PM Feb 2019

Former Cheney cardiologist: Trump at risk of a serious cardiovascular event

Jonathan Reiner, the longtime cardiologist of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was on CNN’s ‘Out Front With Erin Burnett‘ Friday evening and the doctor called for an independent group to investigate Trump’s health.

“I think the time is now to create an independent [group] to assess the fitness of the president and vice-president,” he said.

“Imagine if the person who examined your pilot worked for your pilot….we depend on people in key positions having independent medical exams,” Reiner continued.

“He is not moving in the right direction,” he said regarding Trump’s general health in the wake of a newly released annual Presidential checkup. “The president’s weight has gone up. his cholesterol hasn’t gone down. we know he has coronary disease. he is on a train going to a destination that he does not want to arrive at. if you don’t treat these risk factors like high cholesterol and you don’t reduce elevated weight and you don’t do exercise, you are really increasing your risk of having a heart attack. I calculated the president’s risk of having a serious cardiovascular event — it’s 17%”

When host of Outfront Erin Burnett asked if that was high, the doctor answered in the affirmative.

“That’s super high,” he noted, adding: “To turn that around, the president needs to get moving, lose some weight, really drop the carbs in his diet and get his cholesterol way down. It would be good to see him moving in a different direction than he seems to have gone over the last year.”



https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trump-risk-serious-cardiovascular-event-former-cheney-cardiologist-calls-independent-investigation-presidents-health/

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Former Cheney cardiologist: Trump at risk of a serious cardiovascular event (Original Post) RandySF Feb 2019 OP
Trump has Dan Feb 2019 #1
His comments are making me think. RandySF Feb 2019 #2
Not only does it get harder to lose as you get older because of Ilsa Feb 2019 #3
Randy jberryhill Feb 2019 #11
Had one of those too. 6 years ago now. Solomon Feb 2019 #15
trump is afraid of exercise.. it Cha Feb 2019 #14
Cheney had his first of five heart attack 41 years ago Jarqui Feb 2019 #4
And when it happens.... Initech Feb 2019 #5
We should boost his morale Midnightwalk Feb 2019 #6
Make it happen. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2019 #7
And I'm sure Trump will see this interview PatSeg Feb 2019 #8
Eh, let him keep doing what he is doing...eat shit all day and sit on his fat ass.... pangaia Feb 2019 #9
riding that train high on ice cream (think Grateful Dead) demtenjeep Feb 2019 #10
Spanish dicho, proverb: Hierbas mala nunca muere [bad weeds never die.] RestoreAmerica2020 Feb 2019 #12
This would normally make me joyous. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #13
He says "serious cardiovascular event" like it's a BAD thing. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2019 #16
Almost like Cheney is sending a message via his doctor NotASurfer Feb 2019 #17
let's all donate to donnie Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #18
OH, but he has such good genes! treestar Feb 2019 #19

RandySF

(59,809 posts)
2. His comments are making me think.
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 10:47 PM
Feb 2019

I'm tall and big in every way; muscular AND fat if that makes any sense. And I know I need to get this weight off before i get much older.

Ilsa

(61,717 posts)
3. Not only does it get harder to lose as you get older because of
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 10:57 PM
Feb 2019

Thyroid issues, etc, when you start taking medications for things like depression, your metabolism might slow down.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
11. Randy
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 12:04 AM
Feb 2019

How old are you and when was your last physical?

In the last week of July last year, I climbed my first Alpine pass on my bike - the Col des Montets just near the border of France and Switzerland:




In the first week of August, I had an LAD heart attack, my heart stopped, CPR failed, and I was defibrillated prior to surgery:




I wasn’t “ready” to have a heart attack. I had NO IDEA I was at risk for one. It was a huge inconvenience. It was much more inconvenient than the things I’ve done since then to significantly reduce the chances of it happening again.

Anything you can do (or not do) is something. I had my life changed in a moment, and would much have preferred to take it one thing at a time. Pick one thing and do that thing. Once you have that one nailed, pick another one.

You don’t want to do what I did. Before I blinked out, I knew I was moments away from dying and there wasn’t jack shit I could do about it.

You have a huge advantage if you can get out ahead of it.

Solomon

(12,323 posts)
15. Had one of those too. 6 years ago now.
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 06:28 AM
Feb 2019

They called the kind of heart attack I had, "the widowmaker".

But now I'm healthier than I was for years before the attack

Something about surviving a heart attack will make you get up off your ass and do the right things to stay alive.

Cha

(298,074 posts)
14. trump is afraid of exercise.. it
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 05:04 AM
Feb 2019

actually is key to investing in our healthy future.. that and eating sensibly, in my opinion.

Jarqui

(10,131 posts)
4. Cheney had his first of five heart attack 41 years ago
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 11:04 PM
Feb 2019

For him to be alive 41 years later after all the stressful work (& crimes) he's done, is remarkable.

His doctor must really know something about treating the condition.

Can't say in Cheney's case that i'm delighted with his results as I think the country would have been better off without Cheney.

Initech

(100,149 posts)
5. And when it happens....
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 11:05 PM
Feb 2019

His idiot fan base will think that it's the work of a heart attack gun carried out by deep state operatives.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
6. We should boost his morale
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 11:06 PM
Feb 2019

With tweets with pictures of big macs and kfc. It’s important to keep your spirits up.

PatSeg

(47,770 posts)
8. And I'm sure Trump will see this interview
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 11:11 PM
Feb 2019

and change his lifestyle! Okay, I know he's not going to change. His arrogance is so great he probably believes he can change his health by lying about it, just like everything else.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
9. Eh, let him keep doing what he is doing...eat shit all day and sit on his fat ass....
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 11:20 PM
Feb 2019

better for all of us....

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
13. This would normally make me joyous.
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 04:38 AM
Feb 2019

However, something tells me that evil like this never dies. He will just keep going until he has destroyed the rest of us.

NotASurfer

(2,157 posts)
17. Almost like Cheney is sending a message via his doctor
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 10:33 AM
Feb 2019

Cheney has survived this long by cornering the market on on-demand replacement hearts. So he has leverage

So the subtext to the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania is, if your ticker needs fixed...you'll have to dicker with Dick

treestar

(82,383 posts)
19. OH, but he has such good genes!
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 11:56 AM
Feb 2019

His arrogance knows no bounds. He likely really believes it would never happen to HIM. He is the luckiest evil jerk in history, too. Born rich, everything handed to him. By a stroke of luck, or several, the Electoral College goes to him.

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