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In reply to the discussion: Doctor explains why Trump underwent MRI during annual physical [View all]Wiz Imp
(8,412 posts)40. How we know this doctor is lying
First of all, every single previous doctor's report on Trump has clearly been a lie with the one doctor even admitting to it after the fact.
More importantly, though, as I found on the internet:
a doctor would likely order a cardiac MRI only if clinical evidence suggested a specific, potentially treatable, condition for which the detailed imaging was necessary to make a diagnosis or guide treatment, and not as a routine check-up for an apparently healthy individual.
A competent honest doctor would never order a cardiac MRI on a perfectly healthy 79 year old. MRIs come with risks, especially for people that old.
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Doctor explains why Trump underwent MRI during annual physical [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
OP
Swollen ankles are listed as a possible side effect of amlodipine which is used to treat high blood pressure
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
20 hrs ago
#76
I've seen swollen lower extremities secondary to calcium-channel blocker medication treatment.
Aristus
11 hrs ago
#88
I'll guess that POTUS can have whatever tests s/he wants. Most are done at Walter Reed
erronis
Yesterday
#24
Yes. But the doctor described the MRI as "standard' -- a description I believe isn't accurate.
onenote
Yesterday
#28
Would you say this doctor's report carefully avoided mentioning certain things?
yardwork
12 hrs ago
#87
Thank you. I also was initially suspicious of DO's, as was a lot of the established medical community.
erronis
Yesterday
#39
We have a good-sized Osteopathic College here in Philly that has been around for over 125 years
BumRushDaShow
19 hrs ago
#77
Well, there is plenty of evidence of arterial flow problems in the doofas' brain...
Trueblue Texan
Yesterday
#37
Cancels? Da fuck's wrong with yiz. He has weights on his ankles so's to build strength in his legs.
3Hotdogs
Yesterday
#46
But what about his brain? You know where cerebral vascular accidents happen? Quick let us look @ his
Botany
Yesterday
#53
So how come Biden's doctors didn't run a similar MRI? My BS meter is pegging on this story.
flashman13
23 hrs ago
#69
The best family doctor, who was also the firm's medical director...
littlemissmartypants
23 hrs ago
#72
Trump and his doctors disclosed during Trump's first term that he takes a statin
Deminpenn
15 hrs ago
#80
Anyone believe this? This reads like it was written by a Trump stooge. NT
Happy Hoosier
14 hrs ago
#82
Seems like they would have ordered an MRA, magnetic resonance angiography to look at
travelingthrulife
12 hrs ago
#86
'Disconcerting': Ex-White House cardiologist deeply skeptical of 'weird' Trump MRI reveal
LetMyPeopleVote
11 hrs ago
#89