http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18859/senator-mccains-medical-records-will-they-include-psychiatric-records-re-ptsd/April 9th, 2008 by DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS, TMV Columnist
That’s what some of the pundits are hinting at. But, I wonder what the rules are for releasing one’s medical records if one is running for the presidency; surely it’s not required.
Senator McCain’s had several brushes with cancer; it’s not his age, but perhaps some think it’s his vulnerability to cancer that ought be weighed.
There’s a saying in the old religious stories that when we were born, God put a number on our heads, indicating the number of years we’d have on earth. No one knows their own number. Probably thankfully, many might say.
Yet number of years lived is no perfect predictor of longevity. I’ve seen, and you likely have too, enough clear-headed ninety year olds who lived past ten difficult diseases to still take a dance or ten at every wedding. And you and I have no doubt seen the too many young fall away like snowflakes in a sudden sun, leaving this earth far too soon.
Did Senator McCain have Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome when he returned as a POW from the Viet Nam war? (PTSD is currently called a ‘disorder,’ but I often use the older phrase ’syndrome,’ for post-trauma recovery process is often more like a set of phases one goes through in order to reset the psyche to know the difference between living in war, and living in peace again).