Reply #5: McCain's a Medical Mess [View All]

...the guy's a medical mess and here are the highlights which were buried in other news (Hillary's reference to Bobby Kennedy's assassination that same day overtook all political coverage):

-- We all know that he has Stage II melanoma which means that he must undergo extensive tests every month. There must be blood tests, catscans and his body has to be carefully examined from top to bottom. He is one lesion away from Stage III which is fatal at his age.
-- He has serious arthritis and may need a joint replacement. Which joints are involved here were unspecified.
-- He recently had benign polyps removed from his colon.
-- He has dizzy spells.
-- He was treated for an enlarged prostate
-- He underwent cataract surgery
-- He suffers from vertigo.
-- He takes medication for high cholesterol
-- He had early stage squamous cell cancer this year.

I'm no physician but anyone will tell you that the lifespan of anyone who has had serious heart problems or cancer before their 70th birthday isn't going to make the cut. Conversely, if someone has remained cancer and heart disease free until that age they can expect to live to 87 years on average.

Voters, and one in five Republicans, are concerned about his age. I'm not but I'm concerned about his health. Reagan was as fit as a fiddle and slightly younger when first elected. Even so, toward the end he began exhibiting symptoms of the alzheimers that he eventually succumbed to.

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