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[BobD]

Putin fears Obama like a class of high school juniors fears the substitute teacher.

You really believe some fantasy that the situations in Russia, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, or Syria would be different if a republican were in office don't you?

 

[marv81s]

You really believe some fantasy that the situations in Russia, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, or Syria would be different if a republican were in office don't you?

if any President would have displayed something resembling leadership and actually followed up his rhetoric with actions, the situation most definitely would have been different. You don't think Putin and the psycho inbred in North Korea take notice of how this Administration has responeded to what China is doing, how he handled Syria, their wonderful negotiating tactics with Iran, etc. There are just so many ways this President has made the US look weak it is pathetic.

There then there is the way his administration is gutting this military from within. They are doing to the military what no foreign country could ever do. I'm all for cutting defense spending, start with stop sending foreign aid to countries that hate us, that comes from defense spending.

Going back to Ted Cruz. I think you under estimate how badly the American people want a person that can be a lead. He can actually communicate Conservative principles that could relate to the kind of Dems that Reagan got to vote for him. Chritie isn't toxic? Please, not another establishment RINO, and that is what Christie is. I am not falling for that line of crap that he is the only one that can beat Hillary. Same line that gave when Dole was the only one that could beat Clinton, McCain is the only one that could beat Obama and then Romney was the only one that could beat Obama, and what happened?

Reagan was a conservative that one two electoins in a landslide. And please, before any Dem, Liberal or progressive jumps in here and tries to change the past and claim that Reagan was a RINO, save that line of crap. He wasn't and if Reagan were to run today, he would absolutely win and win in a landslide again. Sick and tired of libs trying to tarnish Reagan's legacy with those lies.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

You really believe some fantasy that the situations in Russia, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, or Syria would be different if a republican were in office don't you?

Keep dreaming. The world sees this US admin as weak and this is just another example.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

if any President would have displayed something resembling leadership and actually followed up his rhetoric with actions, the situation most definitely would have been different. You don't think Putin and the psycho inbred in North Korea take notice of how this Administration has responeded to what China is doing, how he handled Syria, their wonderful negotiating tactics with Iran, etc. There are just so many ways this President has made the US look weak it is pathetic.

There then there is the way his administration is gutting this military from within. They are doing to the military what no foreign country could ever do. I'm all for cutting defense spending, start with stop sending foreign aid to countries that hate us, that comes from defense spending.

Going back to Ted Cruz. I think you under estimate how badly the American people want a person that can be a lead. He can actually communicate Conservative principles that could relate to the kind of Dems that Reagan got to vote for him. Chritie isn't toxic? Please, not another establishment RINO, and that is what Christie is. I am not falling for that line of crap that he is the only one that can beat Hillary. Same line that gave when Dole was the only one that could beat Clinton, McCain is the only one that could beat Obama and then Romney was the only one that could beat Obama, and what happened?

Reagan was a conservative that one two electoins in a landslide. And please, before any Dem, Liberal or progressive jumps in here and tries to change the past and claim that Reagan was a RINO, save that line of crap. He wasn't and if Reagan were to run today, he would absolutely win and win in a landslide again. Sick and tired of libs trying to tarnish Reagan's legacy with those lies.

Excellent points. I'd be giddy to see a Cruz vs Clinton campaign. What on earth would liberals cry about through an entire campaign if they can't pull the racism card? Sexism.

 

[Bluto]

Keep dreaming. The world sees this US admin as weak and this is just another example.

Or maybe Russia is just following our example of invading places at will. You know like Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Iraq...

 

[Bluto]

if any President would have displayed something resembling leadership and actually followed up his rhetoric with actions, the situation most definitely would have been different. You don't think Putin and the psycho inbred in North Korea take notice of how this Administration has responeded to what China is doing, how he handled Syria, their wonderful negotiating tactics with Iran, etc. There are just so many ways this President has made the US look weak it is pathetic.

There then there is the way his administration is gutting this military from within. They are doing to the military what no foreign country could ever do. I'm all for cutting defense spending, start with stop sending foreign aid to countries that hate us, that comes from defense spending.

Going back to Ted Cruz. I think you under estimate how badly the American people want a person that can be a lead. He can actually communicate Conservative principles that could relate to the kind of Dems that Reagan got to vote for him. Chritie isn't toxic? Please, not another establishment RINO, and that is what Christie is. I am not falling for that line of crap that he is the only one that can beat Hillary. Same line that gave when Dole was the only one that could beat Clinton, McCain is the only one that could beat Obama and then Romney was the only one that could beat Obama, and what happened?

Reagan was a conservative that one two electoins in a landslide. And please, before any Dem, Liberal or progressive jumps in here and tries to change the past and claim that Reagan was a RINO, save that line of crap. He wasn't and if Reagan were to run today, he would absolutely win and win in a landslide again. Sick and tired of libs trying to tarnish Reagan's legacy with those lies.

Reagan's legacy is hardly what I would call "conservative". Federal spending expanded under his administration and the US was involved in foreign incursions on a large scale all over the Middle East and throughout Central America during his presidency. Wearing a cowboy hat and wrapping yourself in a flag doesn't make one "conservative".

He has his detractors on the right as well. Here's a piece from the commies at the Ludwig Von Mises Institute:

The Free Market: The Sad Legacy of Ronald Reagan

 

[marv81s]

Or maybe Russia is just following our example of invading places at will. You know like Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Iraq...

Keep up that isolationist thinking and see how that works for you. In today's world you cannot be 100% isolationist. Even Thomas Jefferson wasn't an isolationist. You withdrawal from the world and the barbarians will make their way to our country, just like they did in the 1st WTC bombing and 9/11. You think that is really going to keep the terrorist happy?

and the fact you compared the US foreign policy to Russia's tells me a lot about you

what a pathetic statement

 

[Bluto]

Keep up that isolationist thinking and see how that works for you. In today's world you cannot be 100% isolationist. Even Thomas Jefferson wasn't an isolationist. You withdrawal from the world and the barbarians will make their way to our country, just like they did in the 1st WTC bombing and 9/11. You think that is really going to keep the terrorist happy?

and the fact you compared the US foreign policy to Russia's tells me a lot about you

what a pathetic statement

Whatever, what does my statement tell you? That I'm one of those super secret commie spies waiting to be activated?

Anyhow, what did I say about isolationism? I simply pointed out that the US has been quick draw magraw when it comes to foreign policy. That hasn't worked out so great and has set a really bad precedent and here we are. Big difference between being an isolationist and not wanting to blow up every country on the map that looks at the flag cross eyed or flips us the occasional, rhetorical middle finger.

 

[BobD]

if any President would have displayed something resembling leadership and actually followed up his rhetoric with actions, the situation most definitely would have been different. You don't think Putin and the psycho inbred in North Korea take notice of how this Administration has responeded to what China is doing, how he handled Syria, their wonderful negotiating tactics with Iran, etc. There are just so many ways this President has made the US look weak it is pathetic.

There then there is the way his administration is gutting this military from within. They are doing to the military what no foreign country could ever do. I'm all for cutting defense spending, start with stop sending foreign aid to countries that hate us, that comes from defense spending.

Going back to Ted Cruz. I think you under estimate how badly the American people want a person that can be a lead. He can actually communicate Conservative principles that could relate to the kind of Dems that Reagan got to vote for him. Chritie isn't toxic? Please, not another establishment RINO, and that is what Christie is. I am not falling for that line of crap that he is the only one that can beat Hillary. Same line that gave when Dole was the only one that could beat Clinton, McCain is the only one that could beat Obama and then Romney was the only one that could beat Obama, and what happened?

Reagan was a conservative that one two electoins in a landslide. And please, before any Dem, Liberal or progressive jumps in here and tries to change the past and claim that Reagan was a RINO, save that line of crap. He wasn't and if Reagan were to run today, he would absolutely win and win in a landslide again. Sick and tired of libs trying to tarnish Reagan's legacy with those lies.

Keep dreaming. The world sees this US admin as weak and this is just another example.

I hope you guys don't believe the doodoo you write. Cremia was part of the Soviet Union at one time, most of the people living there are Russian. The Russians are doing exactly what we'd do if say Florida some how split from the US, then started to implode with its new regime. We wouldn't just sit back and let chips fall where they may. There is NO politician from any party that could prevent Russia from doing what they're doing and we wouldn't do anything different if we were in their shoes. Common sense stuff.

 

[Irish#1]

Interesting story on Obama Care. My sister is 71 and had to retire about 3 months ago due to health reasons. She is now under Medicare and gets her social security. Friday she was hospitalized for chest pains. Tests showed she has 50% blockage. The doctor informed her that they can't operate and put in stents to relieve the problem, because the new regulations require that a person have 70% blockage before the doctor can do anything. So now she goes home and hopes she doesn't have a heart attack. Sad.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

I hope you guys don't believe the doodoo you write. Cremia was part of the Soviet Union at one time, most of the people living there are Russian. The Russians are doing exactly what we'd do if say Florida some how split from the US, then started to implode with its new regime. We wouldn't just sit back and let chips fall where they may. There is NO politician from any party that could prevent Russia from doing what they're doing and we wouldn't do anything different if we were in their shoes. Common sense stuff.

1. Guy code: Past age 6 you're not allowed to say the word "doodoo."

2. Washington told Putin not to send troops and a day later he did lol. Just gave Obama a big middle finger.

I didn't jump into the conversation of a situational "what would you do" as much as this is another example of foreign leaders seeing this president as weak.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Interesting story on Obama Care. My sister is 71 and had to retire about 3 months ago due to health reasons. She is now under Medicare and gets her social security. Friday she was hospitalized for chest pains. Tests showed she has 50% blockage. The doctor informed her that they can't operate and put in stents to relieve the problem, because the new regulations require that a person have 70% blockage before the doctor can do anything. So now she goes home and hopes she doesn't have a heart attack. Sad.

I hope she gets the care she needs and deserves. In other notes, please send your story to the despicable Harry Reid. He claims all the obamacare "horror stories" are all false and made up by the Koch brothers.

Meanwhile, your sister and others would say otherwise.

Harry Reid: All Obamacare horror stories are ‘untrue’

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Or maybe Russia is just following our example of invading places at will. You know like Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Iraq...

You usually have solid posts even though I disagree more often than not. This is not one of them.

 

[Cackalacky]

Interesting story on Obama Care. My sister is 71 and had to retire about 3 months ago due to health reasons. She is now under Medicare and gets her social security. Friday she was hospitalized for chest pains. Tests showed she has 50% blockage. The doctor informed her that they can't operate and put in stents to relieve the problem, because the new regulations require that a person have 70% blockage before the doctor can do anything. So now she goes home and hopes she doesn't have a heart attack. Sad.

FWIW: stents are not justifiable until 70% blockage. To my knowledge that is cardiac standard operating procedure. If ACA requires it, it is most likely because that is what the standard of care is.

 

[BobD]

1. Guy code: Past age 6 you're not allowed to say the word "doodoo."

2. Washington told Putin not to send troops and a day later he did lol. Just gave Obama a big middle finger.

I didn't jump into the conversation of a situational "what would you do" as much as this is another example of foreign leaders seeing this president as weak.

Reread my post. The Russians would have done that to ANY leader.You need more help than I can offer if that doesn't make sense to you.

 

[Irish#1]

FWIW: stents are not justifiable until 70% blockage. To my knowledge that is cardiac standard operating procedure. If ACA requires it, it is most likely because that is what the standard of care is.

I don't have any reason to doubt what you're saying, but that is what the doctor told her.

 

[BobD]

I don't have any reason to doubt what you're saying, but that is what the doctor told her.

I hope your sister is ok and gets the treatment she needs asap.

 

[Cackalacky]

I don't have any reason to doubt what you're saying, but that is what the doctor told her.

Carotid Endarterectomy/Carotid Artery Stenting | Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Libraryhere is a Johns Hopkins article. Typically less than 70% is treated medically first.
Also wish the best to your sister.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

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[GoIrish41]

Going back to Ted Cruz. I think you under estimate how badly the American people want a person that can be a lead. He can actually communicate Conservative principles that could relate to the kind of Dems that Reagan got to vote for him. Chritie isn't toxic? Please, not another establishment RINO, and that is what Christie is. I am not falling for that line of crap that he is the only one that can beat Hillary. Same line that gave when Dole was the only one that could beat Clinton, McCain is the only one that could beat Obama and then Romney was the only one that could beat Obama, and what happened?

Reagan was a conservative that one two electoins in a landslide. And please, before any Dem, Liberal or progressive jumps in here and tries to change the past and claim that Reagan was a RINO, save that line of crap. He wasn't and if Reagan were to run today, he would absolutely win and win in a landslide again. Sick and tired of libs trying to tarnish Reagan's legacy with those lies.

The thing you are overlooking is that Ted Cruz simply is not likable. He comes across as phony and eagerly antagonistic. You suggest he can communicate Conservative principles but neglect to acknowledge that the nation is shifting to the progressive viewpoint. Cruz is a new face on a fading political ideaology. It may be frustrating to you and several on here that the country has shifted under your feet, but to suggest that Ted Cruz is somehow the answer to the self-inflicted predicament the Republicans find themselves in right now suggests that you may be clinging to memory of a country that no longer exists. Reagan won his elections because he was able to bring his countrymen along with him.They wanted a different reality than the one they experienced before he successfully ran for office. He was a spectacular communicator and a master salesman. Cruz is neither. Nor is he an effective leader. His single foray into political leadership was to lead a failed coup in Congress to derail Obamacare. The only place that Reagan comes into play in this conversation is the extent to which Cruz may see himself as the next in line in that legacy. He attempts to double down on the policies that set us on a distructive economic path and has pushed the rhetoric significantly to the right of where Reagan ever was.

 

[marv81s]

Reagan's legacy is hardly what I would call "conservative". Federal spending expanded under his administration and the US was involved in foreign incursions on a large scale all over the Middle East and throughout Central America during his presidency. Wearing a cowboy hat and wrapping yourself in a flag doesn't make one "conservative".

He has his detractors on the right as well. Here's a piece from the commies at the Ludwig Von Mises Institute:

The Free Market: The Sad Legacy of Ronald Reagan

defense spending had to dramatically increase due to the shape our military was in after previous administrations, it needed to be modernized and rebuilt. And the debate over other spending can be debated due to a House led by Tip O'Neil. His domestic policy was textbook conservativism. Why else did the establishment in the republican party, led by the Bushes and Ford's fight him so hard?

Let's take a look at what that institute believes in. Paleolibertarianism and Heterodox economics. I don't expect libertarians to have a favorable view of Reagan and Ron Paul certainly didn't and he was a big fan of Ludwig Von Mises institute and he certainly didn't back Reagan at all during his time. So while they aren't commies, they certainly aren't supporters of any kind of the Conservative ideology.

 

[chicago51]

Interesting story on Obama Care. My sister is 71 and had to retire about 3 months ago due to health reasons. She is now under Medicare and gets her social security. Friday she was hospitalized for chest pains. Tests showed she has 50% blockage. The doctor informed her that they can't operate and put in stents to relieve the problem, because the new regulations require that a person have 70% blockage before the doctor can do anything. So now she goes home and hopes she doesn't have a heart attack. Sad.

Very sorry to here this.

I think it is important to remember health denials are a sad thing but they are something that has happened long before Obamacare began. When you got insurance companies looking at their bottom lines or conservatives screaming about Medicare spending this stuff happens.

Private insurance denies things like this as well. My great aunt chose to go on a Medicare advantage plan with Humana. She as arthritis and had took a bad spill. Medicare A covers 100 days a year of skilled nursing while her Medicare advantage plan she thought was a better bargain and choice with only covered eight.

Your situation though is an example of what happens though when you drill holes in Medicare in the name of deficit reduction.

We need to fill in the holes in Medicare, holes that are largely allow United Healthcare's CEO alone to make a nearly a billion dollars a year covering because seniors have to buy these supplemental policies.

This is what happens when Democrats act like Republicans and cut spending on things like Medicare. Republicans say let's get rid of Medicare. Democrats say well how about we just change things around to make it more cost effective. Then you get people that say see that Obama he cut my Medicare. Romney ran to Obama's left for him cutting Medicare during the last election even though his VP candidate wanted to end MC as we know it. They get away with this stuff.

I say stop cutting and fill the holes in that exist in Medicare and set the eligibility age to 0 if people want to buy a policy.

 

[marv81s]

The thing you are overlooking is that Ted Cruz simply is not likable. He comes across as phony and eagerly antagonistic. You suggest he can communicate Conservative principles but neglect to acknowledge that the nation is shifting to the progressive viewpoint. Cruz is a new face on a fading political ideaology. It may be frustrating to you and several on here that the country has shifted under your feet, but to suggest that Ted Cruz is somehow the answer to the self-inflicted predicament the Republicans find themselves in right now suggests that you may be clinging to memory of a country that no longer exists. Reagan won his elections because he was able to bring his countrymen along with him.They wanted a different reality than the one they experienced before he successfully ran for office. He was a spectacular communicator and a master salesman. Cruz is neither. Nor is he an effective leader. His single foray into political leadership was to lead a failed coup in Congress to derail Obamacare. The only place that Reagan comes into play in this conversation is the extent to which Cruz may see himself as the next in line in that legacy. He attempts to double down on the policies that set us on a distructive economic path and has pushed the rhetoric significantly to the right of where Reagan ever was.

I don't believe the country is swaying towards the progressive line of thinking. The country is still a center right (whatever the hell that really means) ideology. How soon you forget the mid term elections in Obama's first term results. Take a more careful look at the election results this last presidential election and those numbers. A whole lot of people stayed home and didn't vote, and Obama got fewer votes also. People were not fired up over Romney and stayed home. Imagine a better candidate that could give the American people hope, that could communicate the message of individual liberty and conservative principles. You give Cruz a platform to communicate that message and he would give people real hope. Make them proud of this Country's history and not ashamed of it. Ted Cruz got shot in the back by the establishment republican leadership that, quite frankly, is happy with the status quo and is nothing more than a right wing of the republican party. They are a disgrace. I am convinced that the only difference between them and the dems is that they think they can manage the government better. Obviously they have no fight in them and the ones that do want to fight and do what they were elected to do, they got shot in the back and trashed more than democrats. There is a reason why they have such a low approval rating and that is because there is no difference between them and dems. They do not fight and they spend just as much as the dems did.

All the polls show that people think we are on the wrong track, they are worried about the deficit and they think the government is getting too big. I think those like Ted Cruz, if given the stage, would get the American people behind him. He is being distorted by the state run media, who cannot be trusted, and the republican leadership and establishment undermine him every chance they get. They trash him worse than they trash the dems

 

[chicago51]

defense spending had to dramatically increase due to the shape our military was in after previous administrations, it needed to be modernized and rebuilt. And the debate over other spending can be debated due to a House led by Tip O'Neil. His domestic policy was textbook conservativism. Why else did the establishment in the republican party, led by the Bushes and Ford's fight him so hard?

Let's take a look at what that institute believes in. Paleolibertarianism and Heterodox economics. I don't expect libertarians to have a favorable view of Reagan and Ron Paul certainly didn't and he was a big fan of Ludwig Von Mises institute and he certainly didn't back Reagan at all during his time. So while they aren't commies, they certainly aren't supporters of any kind of the Conservative ideology.

Reagan spent on defense because he was a crony capitalist just like Obama, and George Bush.

Unlike Barack Obama's presidency though where despite a brief up tick during the stimulus we now have 800k less federal workers than when he took office; Reagan actually followed John Maynard Keynes economic theory and hired a over a million new federal workers to stimulate the tanking economy. Only Reagan didn't spend the money on things that would last a couple generations like new schools and transportation projects he spent on bombs which don't provide lasting economic benefits to society like public infrastructure.

 

[GoIrish41]

I don't believe the country is swaying towards the progressive line of thinking. The country is still a center right (whatever the hell that really means) ideology. How soon you forget the mid term elections in Obama's first term results. Take a more careful look at the election results this last presidential election and those numbers. A whole lot of people stayed home and didn't vote, and Obama got fewer votes also. People were not fired up over Romney and stayed home. Imagine a better candidate that could give the American people hope, that could communicate the message of individual liberty and conservative principles. You give Cruz a platform to communicate that message and he would give people real hope. Make them proud of this Country's history and not ashamed of it. Ted Cruz got shot in the back by the establishment republican leadership that, quite frankly, is happy with the status quo and is nothing more than a right wing of the republican party. They are a disgrace. I am convinced that the only difference between them and the dems is that they think they can manage the government better. Obviously they have no fight in them and the ones that do want to fight and do what they were elected to do, they got shot in the back and trashed more than democrats. There is a reason why they have such a low approval rating and that is because there is no difference between them and dems. They do not fight and they spend just as much as the dems did.

All the polls show that people think we are on the wrong track, they are worried about the deficit and they think the government is getting too big. I think those like Ted Cruz, if given the stage, would get the American people behind him. He is being distorted by the state run media, who cannot be trusted, and the republican leadership and establishment undermine him every chance they get. They trash him worse than they trash the dems

We can agree to disagree on which way the wind is blowing politically. No matter who is right about Cruz, me who believes he is a terrible candidate or you who believes the entrenched establishment on both sides doens't want him to succeed, I think we can both agree that it is a moot point. He isn't going to be the nominee for the GOP. I actually do not see a viable candidate in their ranks who would be able to compete with Hillary in a national election.

 

[chicago51]

I don't believe the country is swaying towards the progressive line of thinking. The country is still a center right (whatever the hell that really means) ideology. How soon you forget the mid term elections in Obama's first term results. Take a more careful look at the election results this last presidential election and those numbers. A whole lot of people stayed home and didn't vote, and Obama got fewer votes also. People were not fired up over Romney and stayed home. Imagine a better candidate that could give the American people hope, that could communicate the message of individual liberty and conservative principles. You give Cruz a platform to communicate that message and he would give people real hope. Make them proud of this Country's history and not ashamed of it. Ted Cruz got shot in the back by the establishment republican leadership that, quite frankly, is happy with the status quo and is nothing more than a right wing of the republican party. They are a disgrace. I am convinced that the only difference between them and the dems is that they think they can manage the government better. Obviously they have no fight in them and the ones that do want to fight and do what they were elected to do, they got shot in the back and trashed more than democrats. There is a reason why they have such a low approval rating and that is because there is no difference between them and dems. They do not fight and they spend just as much as the dems did.

All the polls show that people think we are on the wrong track, they are worried about the deficit and they think the government is getting too big. I think those like Ted Cruz, if given the stage, would get the American people behind him. He is being distorted by the state run media, who cannot be trusted, and the republican leadership and establishment undermine him every chance they get. They trash him worse than they trash the dems

Polls also show people are tired of trickle down economics when CEO pay has jumped from 30 to 1 vs median income up to over 400 to 1. This is 100 percent due to: 1- The Reagan tax cuts on the rich which took away the incentive keep money in the company through raising wages because after you hit a certain annual income you paid such a high tax rate there was no point in taking that much of a salary hence the 30 to 1 pre Reagan median income to CEO pay ratio 2- The Reagan/Clinton trade policies; Ross Perot was right and the Democrats and Republicans were both wrong.

Now you got Ted Cruz that wants more tax cuts for CEOs, that will not go over real well. The American people see the
rrors of free trade as well and thus far have rejected the Trans Pacific Partnership Obama has tried to ram through.

I'm not a fan of a lot of Obamacare as it didn't solve the real problem. Pre Obama healthcare sucked too I'm not sure going back to the days of denials for prexisting conditions, life time caps and no caps on anual out of pocket cost will go over too well.

 

[BGIF]

Interesting story on Obama Care. My sister is 71 and had to retire about 3 months ago due to health reasons. She is now under Medicare and gets her social security. Friday she was hospitalized for chest pains. Tests showed she has 50% blockage. The doctor informed her that they can't operate and put in stents to relieve the problem, because the new regulations require that a person have 70% blockage before the doctor can do anything. So now she goes home and hopes she doesn't have a heart attack. Sad.

Carotid Endarterectomy/Carotid Artery Stenting | Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Libraryhere is a Johns Hopkins article. Typically less than 70% is treated medically first.
Also wish the best to your sister.

There's an awful lot of information missing from that first post to render comment or diagnosis one way or the other. One size does not fit all. The patient's condition may not warrant invasive surgery OR the she may not be healthy enough for the surgery.

Was the blockage in one vessel or multiple? Which vessel(s)?

"The patient had to retire about 3 months ago due to health issues." For a cardiac issue or other health issues such as diabetes?

What tests did they do? Nuclear Stress Test? Echo? Arteriogram? Etc?

N.B. These are rhetorical questions for this site. Real questions for the patient (or sibling) to ask.

No, I'm not a physician but have more than a casual relationship with heart disease and its treatment.

Both my parents died of heart disease. Three of their 5 children have had myocaridal infarctions (heart attacks). 21 years ago when I had a triple bypass I was told the surgery was good for 10 -13 years. My wife was recently diagnosed with heart failure.

My father didn't see 48. His father didn't see 55. My mom didn't see 60. All had MIs. I'm the oldest male in the 6 generations we've been in America. I see my cardiologist twice a year. Have a nuclear stress stress on a scheduled basis and take a bunch of medications. Medications that weren't available to the generations before me.

My two sisters and I each have different degrees of disease and each has other factors the other two do not. My younger sister and brother are in good shape so far. They do all the right things, diet, exercise, regular checkups ... and they could die in their sleep like our mother did less than 48 after she got a great report from a physical taken 6 months after an MI.

Get your sister books on meditation, go for a walk with her (you're carrying similar genes). Modify the diet if you both haven't done that so far.

And learn to count the daisies ... every day.



Heart disease didn't take any work. Behavior modification is a bitch.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Reagan spent on defense because he was a crony capitalist just like Obama, and George Bush.

Unlike Barack Obama's presidency though where despite a brief up tick during the stimulus we now have 800k less federal workers than when he took office; Reagan actually followed John Maynard Keynes economic theory and hired a over a million new federal workers to stimulate the tanking economy. Only Reagan didn't spend the money on things that would last a couple generations like new schools and transportation projects he spent on bombs which don't provide lasting economic benefits to society like public infrastructure.

Reagan put forth deficit spending via defense to hasten the Soviey Union's fall from within. He was smart enough to know they would do themselves in....and much to the dismay of the Left....they did just that. Anyone who was an adult in the 1980s or even grew up in that decade remembers the Nuclear threat. There's a reason why hundreds of millions of Americans tuned into "The Day After"....and it wasn't for entertainment reasons.

Reagan didn't get everything he wanted...Tip O'Neill & the Democratically controlled congress made sure of that. But, he did what few pols do nowadays....he negotiated with the other side. He wasn't thrilled about the deficit either, but brought down the Soviets (as much as the Left hates to admit) and ended the Cold War. And, NO!, this would not have happened under Carter, Ford, Clinton & sure as he'll not our current POTUS. They were or would have been to the Soviets what Neville Chamberlain was to the Nazis....a joke.

I'll take a win in the Cold War over a new school or infrastructure b/c neither of those things were immune from a mushroom cloud.

 

[chicago51]

Reagan put forth deficit spending via defense to hasten the Soviey Union's fall from within. He was smart enough to know they would do themselves in....and much to the dismay of the Left....they did just that. Anyone who was an adult in the 1980s or even grew up in that decade remembers the Nuclear threat. There's a reason why hundreds of millions of Americans tuned into "The Day After"....and it wasn't for entertainment reasons.

Reagan didn't get everything he wanted...Tip O'Neill & the Democratically controlled congress made sure of that. But, he did what few pols do nowadays....he negotiated with the other side. He wasn't thrilled about the deficit either, but brought down the Soviets (as much as the Left hates to admit) and ended the Cold War. And, NO!, this would not have happened under Carter, Ford, Clinton & sure as he'll not our current POTUS. They were or would have been to the Soviets what Neville Chamberlain was to the Nazis....a joke.

I'll take a win in the Cold War over a new school or infrastructure b/c neither of those things were immune from a mushroom cloud.

Soviet Union's economy collapsed it had nothing to do with us scaring them by building more bombs than they had. There economic system sucked.

A long time friend of our family visited the Soviet union in the 80s he said everything was run down and the economy was in poor shape. The hotel in Moscow he stayed was so bad that the elevator didn't stop on the 3rd floor. He had to go to the 4th floor and take the stairs down a level. He is pretty old these days but he said it was obvious they were going down.

By the way history has shown that any great empire from the Romans to the British empire is doomed to fail when there military adventures take precedent over there economy. The result is a hollowing out from the inside. When barbarians finally conquered Rome it was already a giant slum. Not say we'll be conquered but we could lose our superpower status.

 

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There's an awful lot of information missing from that first post to render comment or diagnosis one way or the other. One size does not fit all. The patient's condition may not warrant invasive surgery OR the she may not be healthy enough for the surgery.

Was the blockage in one vessel or multiple? Which vessel(s)?

"The patient had to retire about 3 months ago due to health issues." For a cardiac issue or other health issues such as diabetes?

What tests did they do? Nuclear Stress Test? Echo? Arteriogram? Etc?

N.B. These are rhetorical questions for this site. Real questions for the patient (or sibling) to ask.

No, I'm not a physician but have more than a casual relationship with heart disease and its treatment.

Both my parents died of heart disease. Three of their 5 children have had myocaridal infarctions (heart attacks). 21 years ago when I had a triple bypass I was told the surgery was good for 10 -13 years. My wife was recently diagnosed with heart failure.

My father didn't see 48. His father didn't see 55. My mom didn't see 60. All had MIs. I'm the oldest male in the 6 generations we've been in America. I see my cardiologist twice a year. Have a nuclear stress stress on a scheduled basis and take a bunch of medications. Medications that weren't available to the generations before me.

My two sisters and I each have different degrees of disease and each has other factors the other two do not. My younger sister and brother are in good shape so far. They do all the right things, diet, exercise, regular checkups ... and they could die in their sleep like our mother did less than 48 after she got a great report from a physical taken 6 months after an MI.

Get your sister books on meditation, go for a walk with her (you're carrying similar genes). Modify the diet if you both haven't done that so far.

And learn to count the daisies ... every day.



Heart disease didn't take any work. Behavior modification is a bitch.

As always BGIF, you hit it right on the head. The link I provided included much of what you said. Regarding the intent of my post I wanted to relay information provided to me under similar circumstances before the ACA went into effect (although after reading my posts that was not clear). Heart disease is also a big problem in my family. I was told the same thing by an insurance company in one instance, and by Medicaid in another. It is my understanding behavior/lifestyle alteration is the preferred course in patients that are not in what they define as a critical situation.

And to the bolded, you are damn skippy (I cut 80 points off my cholesterol by exercising for 1 hour per day, quitting smoking, and cut down on bad fats, fast food and sodas. Dropped 25 lbs in the process).