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hlthe2b

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2. It has been reported that he is suffering from gout, which would not suprise me...

Reply to NurseJackie (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 09:28 AM

Feb 2019

Painful, but not really consistent with "failing health"... I'm sure he is getting treatment, but it does give him the excuse to use a wheelchair/cane and appear to be "failing"

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Is Manafort's health REALLY failing him? Or is that just a ploy? [View all] NurseJackie Feb 2019 OP

He's pulling a Vinnie the Chin... Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #1

I believe so, too. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #4

It has been reported that he is suffering from gout, which would not suprise me... hlthe2b Feb 2019 #2

Think Mubarak in Egypt. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2019 #3

Yep: dalton99a Feb 2019 #10

Realizing he's on his way to real deal prison has brought the thespian in him out. marble falls Feb 2019 #5

BTW: That's NOT what the "T" stands for in LGBTQ NurseJackie Feb 2019 #9

Occasionally. Once in a while it kinda does. marble falls Feb 2019 #13

Indeed! NurseJackie Feb 2019 #14

I agree NurseJackie, watoos Feb 2019 #6

I don't doubt the gout, but I don't care, do you? n/t monmouth4 Feb 2019 #7

Very much so! NurseJackie Feb 2019 #8

My sympathy for Manafort Polly Hennessey Feb 2019 #11

Well, a wheelchair is powerful visual evidence of something. MineralMan Feb 2019 #12