Trump's Medical Report Is More Insane Than His Campaign Somehow
Source: Daily Beast
Donald Trumps doctor released a medical report so silly that when we asked the American Medical Association about its language, their spokesman started to laugh.
Donald Trumps doctor appears to be just as bombastic as he is.
Its the only conclusion to be drawn from a hilariously bizarre letter that the moguls doctorHarold Bornsteinwrote about his yuuuugely terrific health. And the letter raises as many questions as it answers.
For example, he describes Trumps recent physical exam as show[ing] only positive results. While its clear he means to say everything was normal, the word positive is an odd use of the term in medicine. Rather, it typically means that some result or finding was presentand those findings arent always great news (think testing positive for a disease). The wording is clearly chosen more for rhetorical effect than clear medical communicationand that choice left some experts scratching their heads.
Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/14/the-donald-s-trumped-up-medical-report.html
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,570 posts)Last edited Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:50 AM - Edit history (1)
for the doctor to sign. There's something very un-doctor-ish about it.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Hillary is at 50 percent. Hard to believe he is that close with 14 others in the race. Very interesting times. I can't wait for tomorrow's debate where trump craps on Cruz. Lol. Saturday I have the DVR set.
Kingofalldems
(38,417 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)hate mongerer when the last thing we need in our political discourse is more hate mongering. This may be why the MSM keeps covering NAZI Alzheimer TRUMP #NAT because so many people see politics as entertainment. They don't get that politics is about policies that affect our lives.
Darb
(2,807 posts)they are not even asking the same type of person. Those totals have literally NOTHING to do with each other.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)being humorous (and unprofessional) or someone else wrote it - which doesn't leave him off the hook because presumably he'd have to review, approve and sign it. Maybe there will be Part II of this story tomorrow, when we'll read "Trump's Doctor Disavows Fraudulent Medical Report."
PatSeg
(47,234 posts)my reaction was that it sounded like it was dictated by Trump. It sounds a lot like he talks. Then he just had a doctor sign it.
oioioi
(1,127 posts)The people get the leaders they deserve
Democracy by popularity
This side show though is good enough for me
I see that Tweedledee has touched a nerve
Cast laughter not your vote upon this knave
With every word another blatant lie
Nobody brainy believes in this guy
After all those awful interviews he gave
We must stay silent whilst he has the floor
No-one may dare to question what he said
As if you do, he'll show you to the door
And if you ignored that edict - you'd be dead
I'm sure that we've all seen this shit before
That's why we'll vote for someone else instead
- nearbeer
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)What an odd letter for a doctor to write and indeed. Testing positive is usually not a good thing.
mpcamb
(2,868 posts)*The Wassermann test or Wassermann reaction (WR) is an antibody test for syphilis, named after the bacteriologist August Paul von Wassermann, based on complement-fixation.
winstars
(4,219 posts)Thats all.
Docreed2003
(16,846 posts)Who uses a gastroenterologist as their pcp? I read the letter and it read more like propaganda than a medical endorsement
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,570 posts)where's Trump's colonoscopy report, considering a guy his age should be getting them?
Docreed2003
(16,846 posts)He should have had at least two, one at 50 and again at 60. It just seems very strange to me that he would choose a subspecialist as his primary. As a specialist myself, it's hard enough to stay up to date in my own field much less the current trends in primary care. Yet, this doctor has "the healthiest presidential candidate ever" on a cholesterol medicine and a baby aspirin! Is there a family history of heart disease? Has "The Don" had a heart attack in the past? Is the GI doc following him for an undisclosed gastrointestinal issue? Inquiring minds want to know
jmowreader
(50,524 posts)gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)FIFY
Locrian
(4,522 posts)you know.... because it's up his .....
LiberalArkie
(15,703 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Jarqui
(10,119 posts)http://worldredeye.com/2015/01/donald-trump-unveils-red-tiger-at-trump-national-doral/
looks like more than 15 lbs of a weight problem to me
He's had the problem for a while (2012 with his daughter)... "HUGE!!!" ...
Campaigning with his nearly 70 year old gut in November 2015
NJCher
(35,616 posts)He was comparing him to this:
Cher
3catwoman3
(23,940 posts)...wife, stop him from wearing those pants? Words fail...
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,935 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Also, his appearance and demeanor seem at odds with the purported blood pressure.
3catwoman3
(23,940 posts)...that I believe his BP is 110/65.
bigworld
(1,807 posts)3catwoman3
(23,940 posts)They have icky hair in common.
An additional thought, already commented upon elsewhere - subspecialists usually do not manage general health care needs.
truthisfreedom
(23,138 posts)mainer
(12,017 posts)That can't be correct. It's like saying "spent his entire career as an apprentice."
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)He is mythological!
niyad
(113,012 posts)Bornstein, a Manhattan gastroenterologist who shared a medical practice with his father, writes he has been Trumps doctor since 1980. His father, Jacob Bornstein, died in 2010 at the age of 93. But that didnt stop Trump from Twitter-thanking Bornstein the elder for writing up his letter.
I am proud to share this health report, written by the highly respected Dr. Jacob Bornstein of Lenox Hill Hospital, the mogul tweeted, linking to the letter.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)Rhetoric, shock, and awe. They are already stating on their next line of bullshit to get the MSM humping again. Ya know, we gotta get those ratings!!!
3catwoman3
(23,940 posts)...would be "favorable."
When I walk into an exam room and tell a patient's mother that her child's rapid flu test is positive, she knows that means the child HAS influenza.
w0nderer
(1,937 posts)he's
positively facist
positively anti migrant
positively violent
positively pro-torture
positively mostly mad
doc is positive of all the above heh
if Americans vote for him they'll positively be f**ked
truthisfreedom
(23,138 posts)He's covering something up, something big.
yardwork
(61,533 posts)Gothmog
(144,876 posts)This medical report is par for this campaign
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)mainer
(12,017 posts)The doctor appears to have excellent credentials and I can't imagine he'd actually write something like this, except as satire. It's gotta be an inside joke between him and Trump. Or someone else wrote it for him.
bigworld
(1,807 posts)I mean, Trump is 70, and appears reasonably physically fit for a 70 year old. Why not just ... say that? I don't understand this extreme need to be Kim Il-Sung level bombastic and state that he's the fittest person to ever be elected.
Guess I just can't get into this weird Trump mindset.