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John McCain’s ‘Blood Clot’ May Explain His Recent Behavior
Americanthinker.com ^ | 7-18-2017 | Brian C. Joondeph

Posted on 07/18/2017 5:06:12 AM PDT by servo1969

Senator John McCain recently had surgery to “remove a blood clot above his left eye” according to a CNN report. CNN fortunately didn’t have a chance to wade into their familiar territory of fake news because they had a practicing neurosurgeon, and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr Sanjay Gupta on hand to discuss Senator McCain’s surgery.

Despite the cheery description, “minimally invasive craniotomy”, this was brain surgery, opening the skull and removing something from the Senator’s brain. Nothing simple or minimal about this. Otherwise neurosurgeons wouldn’t need many years of training to perform such delicate surgery.

Dr. Gupta is correct in calling what was removed from the Senator's brain "an abnormality." It could also be described as "a lesion" or "a mass." Although news articles called it "a blood clot," it was sent to pathology to be reviewed under a microscope to see what was actually removed.

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To: servo1969

McCain being an asshole explains his behavior. I hope recovers and RETIRES to spend time with his family.


41 posted on 07/18/2017 6:40:45 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: servo1969

I wonder if they will find the North Vietnam brain implant. :-(


42 posted on 07/18/2017 6:46:15 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: servo1969

Probably has Parkinson’s and needed a new battery


43 posted on 07/18/2017 6:53:01 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: FatherofFive

They are calling it a clot. Tumors can become necrotic and look like a bloody mass, similar to a clot. That is why they are awaiting pathology results.


44 posted on 07/18/2017 7:13:37 AM PDT by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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To: alloysteel

The republicans hav e now lost a critical Senate vote
McConnell swift action is the true reflection of that fact

If Cain must now resign immediately or the country comes to a halt

Who will his replaceement be?


45 posted on 07/18/2017 7:25:51 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: servo1969

What were the symptoms that led to the surgery ?


46 posted on 07/18/2017 7:29:43 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Bob Celeste

AMEN!


47 posted on 07/18/2017 7:35:54 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: BBB333
If McLame’s ‘blood clot’ caused erratic behavior I can only imagine what’s inside of Nancy Pelosi’s cranium.

A rather hefty stool burden, I'd wager.

48 posted on 07/18/2017 7:42:33 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: Bob Celeste

A poor excuse is better than none.


49 posted on 07/18/2017 8:27:31 AM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: Paladin2
"His Rationality Center was likely totally removed."

Part of his north Vietnamese torture, maybe?

50 posted on 07/18/2017 8:51:37 AM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: avital2
i wish him no ill will due to the amazing service in Vietnam

What amazing service was that? Getting shot down? He was one of the least qualified pilots we had. The only reason he wasn't in some ground job was that his father was an admiral. And the sad fact is that being lousy at your job as a combat pilot greatly increases the chance that you'll get shot down.

I bear him a great deal of ill will. He has beea shill for the liberal establishment (when he wasn't aiding and abetting looting savings and loans -Keating 5) for as long as I can remember.

51 posted on 07/18/2017 8:56:39 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: servo1969
“Despite the cheery description, “minimally invasive craniotomy”, this was brain surgery, opening the skull and removing something from the Senator’s brain. Nothing simple or minimal about this. Otherwise neurosurgeons wouldn’t need many years of training to perform such delicate surgery.”

There are plenty of neurosurgical procedures that are delicate. This is not one of them. Nonetheless, the author is right that this is an intracranial procedure, and the clot itself was not something minor. If this clot was causing significant frontal lobe compression, it could affect behavior. Frontal lobe injuries can cause disinhibition. James Brady's gunshot injury involved his right frontal lobe, and it made it difficult for him to control his emotions.

52 posted on 07/18/2017 9:05:16 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: rktman

Rolling Stone compiled all the dirt on McLame back in 2008. It is amazing what he got away with in the Navy because of his family connections.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/make-believe-maverick-20081016


53 posted on 07/18/2017 4:25:38 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

Hey, my dad was an officer too and I didn’t get away with squat.


54 posted on 07/18/2017 4:29:03 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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