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EXCLUSIVE: Elvis Presley's Doctor Claims He Died of an 'Embarrassing' Case of Chronic Constipation
Fox News ^
| 5-5-2010
| Hollie McKay
Posted on 05/05/2010 11:56:27 AM PDT by camerongood210
It has been widely reported that Elvis Presley died in 1977 from cardiac arrhythmia, an irregular heartbeat, possibly brought on by drug dependency, obesity and a weak heart. But the music legend's longtime friend and physician, Dr. George “Nick” Nichopoulos, has put pen to paper for the first time and revealed his belief that it was chronic constipation that actually killed the King of Rock and Roll.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: chronic; constipation; elvis; napl
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To: camerongood210
THis is really close to the top of my list of things I really never needed to know. Some stories are best left untold.
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:02:02 PM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
To: Charles Henrickson
Sounds like it was caught in a trap.
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:02:35 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: camerongood210
Pain killers do that, don’t they? Not joking, I really do think it is a side effect.
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:02:35 PM PDT
by
riri
To: relictele
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:02:44 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(Consumer Of Confiscated Liquers Czar)
To: relictele
My first wife was working the ER when they brought Elvis in...she knew it in 1977.
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:03:00 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
To: camerongood210
Apparently, Elvis was a better friend than his doctor was—why even talk about something he knows would’ve embarrassed Elvis? More than we need to know, as it is.
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:03:29 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: Joe 6-pack
He needed to get all shook up.
To: camerongood210
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:03:58 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(It is easier to beg forgiveness than get permission.)
To: camerongood210
The germans have a medical term for this.
Fahrfrumpoopen
To: Tamar1973
The article says -
"We just assumed that the constipation was secondary to the meds that he was taking for his arthritic pain and for his insomnia.”
((snip))
"But bowel paralysis is hereditary and you can in fact pass it down to your children,” he continued. “His condition was either something he was born with like Hershberger’s disease, or some viruses cause the paralysis of the nerves in the colon. The nerves weren’t functioning enough in places, or weren’t functioning at all because his colon would not push food out, it would just accumulate.”
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:04:31 PM PDT
by
BossLady
(<----Butler Alumnus - proud of my Dawgs!!!)
To: relictele
Anyone who read Peter Guralnick’s book(s) knew this long ago. Right. Elvis died sitting on the john.
It is a known fact that using drugs causes severe constipation.
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:04:34 PM PDT
by
Liz
(If teens can procreate in a Volkswagen, why does a spotted owl need 2000 acres? JD Hayworth)
To: camerongood210
To: skr
Wasn’t there Rotor Rooter back then?
To: Joe 6-pack
It’s Now or Never . . . and Never won.
To: camerongood210
To: Oberon
That and lots of peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:06:16 PM PDT
by
deltaromeo11
(if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36b)
To: camerongood210
This is a fake. Elvis isn’t dead.
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posted on
05/05/2010 12:06:18 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: camerongood210
Dr. Nick...You oughta know many Prescription pain medicines, and other narcotics have the side effect of constipation.
Maybe you shouldn't have written all those "scrips", and instead you should put Elvis on a diet of Figs, dates,prune and aloe vera juice.
To: camerongood210
Viva . . . Lax Vegas. . . .
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