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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McCain being an asshole explains his behavior. I hope recovers and RETIRES to spend time with his family.
I wonder if they will find the North Vietnam brain implant. :-(
Probably has Parkinson’s and needed a new battery
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.
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?
What were the symptoms that led to the surgery ?
AMEN!
A rather hefty stool burden, I'd wager.
A poor excuse is better than none.
Part of his north Vietnamese torture, maybe?
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.
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.
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
Hey, my dad was an officer too and I didn’t get away with squat.
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