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I've lost track of the Trump period calendar going into the holidays, but my bet remains:
https://www.verywellhealth.com/injectable-alzheimers-drugs-8776312
Trumps' been on this 28 day schedule of being very peppy, then dragging ass, then being practically dead, then getting his pep back. It lines up with the visual symptoms we see with his hands. He's also on his like, 3rd or 4th "annual"* MRI for the year.
*there is no annual MRI
I specialize in orthopedics and rehabilitation, so this isn't exactly my expertise. However, a lot of my patients are geriatrics and a lot of geriatric patients have hand bruising, especially if they are on a blood thinner like warfarin.
Imo when Trump has his meeting with Putin in Alaska when his entire team panicked, I think he had a bit of a stroke. Strokes are pretty common after long plane rides, especially when you are 80 and your diet is mainly fast foods filled with trans and saturated fats.
We already know he's probably got something like PVD due to his peripheral edema, so a stroke or other cardiovascular events aren't really surprising. I just think he's on warfarin or some other thinner that causes peripheral bruising.
I personally doubt this is from an IV, as the hand isn't the only place you can place those. If he was trying to obscure his treatment they would just place the IV in his forearm.
I'm 70, in great health, I exercise regularly and have a healthy diet. Even with all that, when I had surgery recently that required general anesthetic, I came home with a massive hematoma on the back of my hand as a souvenir of a less-than-optimally-placed IV cannula.
Yes, bruising is a common side effect of IV inversion....which is why it would be weird to do it on the president's hand if they were concerned about optics. There are plenty of places you can put an IV.
The hand or the arm are specifically cited as where to place the IV for this class of drugs (at least in the material I've been able to read). It also explains the 3 month cycle (ish) of MRI's, which is called for because this class of drugs increases potential for brain damage (hence the MRI's).
I mean that's most IV drugs as it's the least invasive place to do it. However, for someone trying to obscure their health problems an IV in the hand is crazy.
Same for something like a stroke, or even a slip and fall tbi.
The point is that there are plenty of reasons for an elderly person to have bruising on their hands, but experimental Alzheimer's treatment is a bit far-fetched.
Sure. Its just where I see the body of evidence lining up. Not with tbi or stroke, but with an Alzheimer's diagnosis coupled with the "the very best" treatment medical science has to offer. TBI and stroke are just as speculative but don't explain other aspects of what we see (the very clear cycle of pep and pause). Which is why I'm "betting" that its an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Its a longer shot (maybe), but because its a longer shot the payoff for being right is higher.
This person is not fit and should be in a home.
Preferably one with bars and a strict dress code.
if by home you mean prison
If by prison you mean hell.
if by prison you mean ham
Haha in America many are similar.
Very interesting.