Fred is not a healthy-looking man, and the simple FACT is that he has lymphoma. I am not imagining this, it’s a fact. That being the case, do you not think it’s a valid point to wonder if his lymphoma is active or in remission?
The American Cancer Society webpage states that:
Possible signs of adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma include fever, sweating, fatigue, and weight loss.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adult-non-hodgkins/patient
There are a lot of published stories out there saying Fred has lost weight recently, is sweating a lot and doesn’t have energy. That’s 3 of the 4 signs up there, and there’s no way for us to know one way or the other if he has a fever. Does that not concern you? It should.
I want a candidate who can go toe-to-toe with Hillary and right now Mitt Romney looks like that man to me. I make no apologies for that, nor should I have to. He’s far from a perfect candidate, but he’s way better than McCain and Rudy and Fred’s health looks too suspect to me.
Check out post #8. Fred looks just fine.
It maybe or should be a concern. I’d hope that and I expect that Fred has taken that concern into account prior to announcing his run. The weight loss thing happens when one attempts to pare down a few pounds as I understand Thompson has been doing prior to getting into the fray. Sweating, well right now I can spend a few minutes outside and be sweating profusely especially where the temp and humidity are high.
Mitt’s been a Bishop in the Mormon church. In other words, a cult leader. Forget him. He can’t win.
Does anyone really believe he would be running for president if he know he had active lymphoma?
Fred is not a healthy-looking man, and the simple FACT is that he has lymphoma.
Your medical analysis by long-distance newspaper photos is pathetic.
Are you concerned that Mitt is going silver? At his age, it indicates he’s losing calcium from his bones. It’s a real concern.
Questioning or doubting Fred is forbodden here.
Let’s leave the medical diagnoses to the doctors, why don’t we.
A candidate who hopes to win the nomination has to have the stamina to campaign 16 hours a day. He would also need the stamina to be POTUS, which is an exhausting, draining job even for a man in perfect shape, like GWB. Look how a young man in excellent shape has visably aged in 6 years.
Something to think about.
Doctors say their affliction is incurable but could be treated by a good ol country a$$ kicking.
“There are a lot of published stories out there saying Fred has lost weight recently, is sweating a lot and doesn’t have energy. That’s 3 of the 4 signs up there, and there’s no way for us to know one way or the other if he has a fever. Does that not concern you? It should.”
If Fred had active lymphoma, do you honestly believe he’d be running for president? That would make no sense, and would likely hasten his deterioration if it is an imminent threat to his life, as you seem to imply.
I’m confident he’s been told by doctors that it’s highly probable his condition will allow him to run for president, and serve if elected. He’d be near insane to run if he’d been told his health is at risk due to such activity, and he has two young children to think of also.
Listen,
I’m sorry to have to say this, but I’d rather have an ailing Fred Thompson than a healthy Mitt Romney, for just as long as Fred can manage it.
If a Fred Thompson Presidency lasts only one term, so be it. America will be just that much better off for it. If our nation gets lucky, we can have him for eight years.
May God bless Fred Thompson and may God grant him many happy and productive years of remission.
MittFan08 wrote: “Fred is not a healthy-looking man...”
Fred looks fine for a man of his age. At least he doesn’t look greasy, like Mitt does.
BS. All of it.
Not saying it doesn’t concern me...but:
-Fred has lost weight because he’s been working out
-It was 90 degrees and humid - I’d be sweating too
-We have no idea about the other two...
Somewhere on FR, I remember reading that Thompson had a personal trainer, so I wasn’t surprised that he was looking trimmer on the Tonight Show. Of course, the NYT isn’t interested in researching their articles. That would require some effort on their part.
Does anyone here really believe that only Thompson is perspiring when outside in 90+ temperatures and high humidity?
>>>> fever (increased temp), sweating, fatigue, and weight loss
= the flu,
= malaria,
= typhoid,
= brucellosis (a disease caused by contact with animals),
= heat exhaustion,
= a dozens of other diseases depending on the selection of preferred symptoms,
or just a good workout.
Maybe its just the hot, lazy days of summer and getting into shape for a campaign for president. Not every presidential candidate needs to be a lard@$$ and eat junk food like Bill Clinton
Did you learn to evaluate and diagnose people that you’ve never even met at Medical school? I was taught that to even appear to do so is unethical.
On the other hand, where I come from we are suspicious of good ol’ boys who dress prettier than girls while seeming to spend a lot of time, money and obsession on their appearance. That’s just not normal. What if Mitt can’t get his hair done every day? Can he pick out his own ties or even shave himself?
I've said before that if a Freeper has an endorsement for a particular candidate as their tagline, their objectivity is to be questioned when casting stones at other candidates. If a Freeper actually JOINED with a candidate as part of (or in entirety such as yours) their screenname and said Freeper cast aspertions about another candidate then said Freeper's objectivity should be presumed to not exist.
Any "I'm just saying..." or "...it seems to me.." or "...from what I can tell..." statements to advance an idea of objectivity are to be seen as disingenious.
OMG!! I think I may have non-Hodgkins lymphoma!! I noticed during the summer when it was over 90 degrees with 80% humidity...I WAS SWEATING!!! I've also been rather fatigued lately. I just assumed it was because I work 10-14 hours a day, but you've opened my eyes! And maybe the weight loss isn't due to the diet I went on recently.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I would have gone on believing there were rational reasons for my sweating in the heat, being tired due to lack of sleep and losing weight as a result of dieting. Because of your ability to diagnose serious illness over the internet I'm going to make out my will, call my loved ones and pack it in. My life is over and I have you to thank for making me aware of it.