What really happened to Cindy McCain's arm?

[grassfed]

[csziggy]

1. No one's telling but she was out of the wraps and the sling tonight

[nc4bo]

4. really? hmmmmm.... interesting. nt

[csziggy]

18. Sorry - I was wrong. Sling at least is still on her arm

The shot I saw where I thought she was clapping I got the wrong idea.

[nc4bo]

2. they showed her face in the audience but not the infamous armcast.

and it was from the right side so couldn't see the sling.

to clarify, you couldn't see where the sling goes around her neck.

[Ian David]

16. Are you insinuating...

[nc4bo]

32. Hahaha - Naw, of course not :) nt

[Ian David]

36. Because some people say. n/t

[derby378]

3. She love McCain long time?

:evilgrin:

[nc4bo]

5. yep - for 5 dolla. nt

[derby378]

22. FIVE DOLLA!!!

:rofl:

[PCIntern]

6. You aren't allowed to see the left side of his face and you aren't

allowed to see the right side of her body.

this is gonna get tricky!

[Top Cat]

7. McSame lost his temper

[Ian David]

8. Medication-seeking behavior.

[grassfed]

9. forgot safe word

[Ian David]

10. She didn't forget the safe word. She was just uncomfortable saying "The C-Word" n/t

[otohara]

11. Another Bash Cindy McCain Thread For Having Medical Problem

she has carpal tunnel syndrome - has for years, had surgery on both hands I believe. Yes she never has had a real job. I didn't get CT until after I stopped working.

CT hurts like hell, and with some, it's recurring - she got it from shaking hands, someone grabbed her hand too hard, she went to the hospital. CT requires that you don't move your hands at all during the healing period. Thus, the sling.

She often fakes medical problems to get pain meds I've read here on DU, including having a knee replacement.

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. So do you honestly believe that ONE handshake can cause carpal tunnel??

My friend had it in both wrists. She had surgery on both and they never put her in a sling. She also didn't have a bandage that extended from her fingertips to her elbow.

Sorry I am not buying this about Cindy McCain. No freakin way.

[otohara]

23. double post

[otohara]

24. She Shakes Many Hands Everyday

and yes, for a person who's had it in the past and was probably aggravating it more and more by shaking so many hands, one really hard squeeze did some damage.
She can't shake hands anymore in order to get better - no one is going to go for her hand now, will they?

[panader0]

25. I've been a bricklayer for 35 years

I call it a sore wrist.

[otohara]

26. The Medical Term

is carpal tunnel syndrome, or repetitive stress injury. But you can belittle a major medical problem for millions of people if it makes you feel better.

[panader0]

29. There's a syndrome for everything these days

Restless leg syndrome, etc etc anything the big drug companies want you to have.

[otohara]

30. Yes, But

I have one of those syndromes - Post Polio Syndrome - it came from being a polio survivor. I survived the initial virus, this however just keeps getting worse and there are no known drugs. Same with Carpal Tunnel - no Western RX drugs, just surgery. So you see, not every syndrome has a big pharma drug to treat.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. My friend who had it

was incapacitated. She couldn't bend her fingers or hold a pencil or a utensil to eat. It was really awful. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

[Bucky]

35. Yes, I honestly believe that. Your one friend who had a different medical case is not proof.

Notice I'm being nice and I didn't start off my post with a big fat duh. Several politicians (Adlai Stevenson is one) have developed physical ailments as a result of shaking tens of thousands of hands with enthusiastic and sometimes overly excited fans.

[Frustratedlady]

12. Supposedly, some McCain follower was shaking her hand and sprained it.

I can't quite imagine, but that was the explanation on one of the news programs the other night.

[MichiganVote]

13. Nothing but a news stunt. There's nothing wrong with her arm.

[SteelPenguin]

14. She fell down the stairs

How dare you imply her husband doesn't love her...

[grassfed]

17. that McCain's coffee was cold is just coincidental

[grassfed]

15. walked into a wall

[yellerpup]

19. Probably got tired of shaking hands with strangers.

Even if you don't have carpal tunnel, if you shake hands a lot or sign autographs all day your hand still hurts like hell. I hope he didn't hit her, but everything previously stated could play into it, including her attraction to pain meds. I think she just got fed up. She's not running for president and she knows he's too much of a chucklehead to win. I'd tell him to f%#@ off, too.

[whistler162]

21. Close, a over zealous hand shake....

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-cindy0813,0,3385039.story

[yellerpup]

31. Some people thing that squeezing the other person's hand

during a handshake signals sincerity and they just go too far. I've been 'assaulted' like that before and it does hurt, especially if I'm wearing a ring. Having had arthritis in my hands when I was younger really made me sensitive to overzealous handshaking. The image of being on a reception line still makes me shudder.

[Snarkoleptic]

28. Too many handjobs given back in Sturgis?

[nc4bo]

33. I want to see the video of this infamously powerful handshake...

and you KNOW if this happened (for real, for real) there would be video of it.

[Bucky]

34. It's not her arma, but a new prosthetic that's healing from the attachment surgery.

The unvarnished (and heretofor hidden) truth is that she chewed her own arm off to get out of an interview with Larry King.