If Cheney Knew About His Aneurysm For A Long Time - Why ...

[global1]

didn't he have surgery on it when he was on vacation - like the rest of us peasants have to do so we don't miss work?

He's had his vacation and now he's going to have surgery on "OUR" tims.

[babylonsister]

1. VERY good point! But he's not one of us

mere mortals, is he? Rules don't apply. :nuke:

[Vickers]

2. It's ALL our time.

:)

[rzemanfl]

3. Wanted that estate in Maryland to recuperate in. First things

first.

[bluedog]

4. trying to squash the headlines

get hurricane response...roberts hearings...Iraq off front pages.....

[Stinky The Clown]

5. I wonder if we're paying for this?

Surely he can afford the bear the cost himself .....
http://www.publicintegrity.org/bop2004/candidate.aspx?cid=2&act=pfin

[Contrary1]

6. Maybe the good doctor's

Go F yourself, Mr. Cheney caused a rapid blood pressure
increase which sped up the Dick's need for surgery.

I can just imagine how hard it was for him to hold his
tongue after that happened.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. have you noticed that he cannot raise his head?

It is always tilted down, as though his neck discs are herniated.

Some people with serious heart conditions have the same affect and stance. But at least those people have hearts.

[KoKo]

7. The whole thing is so "suspicious" that something else is probably

going on. David Gregory was first to report and was told it was an embolism...now it's an aneurism... Why indeed does he wait to have this done...and why the difference in terminology? A physician's announcement which a President or VP would normally use for release to the public seemed to be leaked with the incorrect terminology. Why?

Something's not right here. :shrug:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. embolism is clotting, aspirin, heparin, and other

thinners used to gently remove it. Surgery, if necessary, is of the EMERGENCY kind. Not a week later.

Aneurysms are a weakening of the blood vessel's wall, causing a ballooning out of the vessel, and possible rupture. totally different conditions. depending on the condition, they let it alone, or if it is near or at the aorta, they have to do surgery. Someone susceptible to aneurysms, usually gets an aortic one, usually pretty soon.

It is doubtful that it is an embolism. If it is an aneurysm, why did they know it in July, then suddenly do surgery now?

Another possibility is that he needs a bypass, badly. blood vessels from the legs are usually used for grafting. So, they can claim they are doing leg surgery on a blood vessel, without telling the whole truth. Yes, they will remove a blood vessel from his thigh. But they will also crack his chest, stop his heart, do a bypass, and put him back together. A partial truth indeed.

I am so used to half truths from these asses that I would lean towards the latter explanation.

[KoKo]

10. Interesting extra info...

Since we didn't know where he was on his "vacation" it's possible they could try to do a bypass in secret...(given our media and their ability to control it.) But, a bypass on someone in his condition whose had four heart attacks (supposedly...I'm not sure I even believe that info)
would be very risky...and tricky, I would think.

I've wondered if the many heart attacks story was circulated so that folks would think he wasn't a threat...while he was basically running Bush with Karl Rove's help. Someone who is as overweight as he is would
have been dead long ago suffering four heart attacks. He doesn't seem to have made an effort to lose that weight ...so if he's in that serious shape...why didn't he get those pounds off? :shrug:

So many odd things about Cheney...

[bluedawg12]

12. A popliteal artery aneurysm is generally

not a surgical condition and will not lead to blot clots to the lung.

It is elective surgery and generally merits observation not the knife.

Am J Surg. 2005 Aug;190(2):314-8. Related Articles, Links


Popliteal aneurysms: controversies in their management.

Galland RB.

Department of Surgery, Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading RG1 5AN, London, UK. [e-mail]

Popliteal artery aneurysms (PAs) occur in older men with significant comorbidity and limited life expectancy. This needs to be remembered when planning elective operation for asymptomatic aneurysms.

***In the absence of significant distortion PAs <3 cm in diameter can be managed by sequential ultrasound scanning. ***

Their rate of thrombosis is no worse than that of grafts after elective bypass. Intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute thrombosis should be restricted to intra-operative usage to clear run off.

[cliss]

11. Cheney is our Political Soap Opera guy.

He loves a cliff-hanger. Will he live? Or maybe....

Cheney has a ton of health problems. He teases us with some new disaster, like a pacemaker installed. A colostomy bag. A "football injury" that turns into something else.

You're right: something is not right => him.

[opihimoimoi]

13. The CURE is for Cheney to GF himself......

[graywarrior]

14. He has Aneurfitzgeraldism.

He's getting out of the pot.