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JMCKUSICK

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22. Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 06:50 AM

22 hrs ago

I know there are many of us who happen to have had symptoms that we heeded which made us long term medical issue sufferers rather than sudden medical event victims if you will.

There are many people who never have a sign before the Big One.

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"Brief and sudden illness"??? [View all] PCIntern Yesterday OP

Recommended. H2O Man Yesterday #1

The weather's fine there durablend Yesterday #3

"But it's a dry heat" Conjuay 19 hrs ago #54

He's definitely not ok. Omnipresent 21 hrs ago #35

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man 13 hrs ago #82

No Omnipresent 8 hrs ago #83

Yes. H2O Man 6 hrs ago #84

I hope he has a very nice funeral. displacedvermoter 21 hrs ago #40

For a funeral JPK 19 hrs ago #62

But we already know where all roads lead Lifeafter70 Yesterday #2

Yea but 71 year old men just up and die all the time. Lets not get carried away. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #4

You're absolutely right... PCIntern Yesterday #5

It depends on what caused the heart attack, if that is even what happened. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #11

There'd be symptoms of pneumonia... PCIntern 23 hrs ago #12

Explosive diarrhea? The Madcap 19 hrs ago #63

I normally analyze language and word usage PCIntern 18 hrs ago #67

Sure, could be completely innocent, but given where it happened in the world, paulkienitz 23 hrs ago #13

You are right. Heart attack or a stroke is not a sudden illness. So why be so secretive? Katinfl 21 hrs ago #37

Assuming soulless Lindsey had a heart,, agingdem 21 hrs ago #41

Maybe he had the same brief and sudden illness liberalgunwilltravel 23 hrs ago #19

You have a good memory for salacious 1970s political trivia. John1956PA 22 hrs ago #21

Happy wasn't so Happy after the event PCIntern 21 hrs ago #38

This message was self-deleted by its author liberalgunwilltravel 20 hrs ago #45

Megan Marshack was the lady who made Happy displacedvermoter 20 hrs ago #46

What can I say? liberalgunwilltravel 19 hrs ago #58

.... wolfie001 21 hrs ago #33

Yep. Had a very healthy friend who suffered a brain aneurism while shopping. She allegorical oracle 21 hrs ago #26

Lindsay had already lingered for too long. Bumbles 21 hrs ago #29

You're right. And we no nothing about his health. Buckeyeblue 18 hrs ago #65

Check out how he looked recently LeftInTX Yesterday #6

"Brief & sudden illness" vs. an "event" like a heart attack ? CincyDem Yesterday #7

Exactly. PCIntern Yesterday #9

No RandySF Yesterday #10

Could also be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. pnwmom 23 hrs ago #14

I was thinking the same thing videohead5 23 hrs ago #16

Ding! Ding! Ding! Roy Rolling 23 hrs ago #17

I know someone who died of that.. ananda 23 hrs ago #18

I remember that young NBC reporter, David Bloom, who was traveling with the troops in Iraq wolfie001 21 hrs ago #32

There is a very common genetic variation that increases the risk of a DVT pnwmom 16 hrs ago #73

Are we thinking poison? GPV 23 hrs ago #15

I'm not. I doubt many are. onenote 20 hrs ago #47

Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event JMCKUSICK 22 hrs ago #22

Odd choice of words, indeed.......................... Lovie777 21 hrs ago #27

The reporting is RandySF Yesterday #8

ETTD. Coincidentally he just met with Zelensky and announced sanctions on Russia. lostnfound 22 hrs ago #20

I've been sleeping... Trueblue Texan 22 hrs ago #23

......... wolfie001 21 hrs ago #31

Truly a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!! Trueblue Texan 19 hrs ago #53

Yep! Zero sympathy from me wolfie001 18 hrs ago #70

OMFG!!!!! Lindsay Graham CROAKED?!!! Trueblue Texan 22 hrs ago #24

I had to do it............. twodogsbarking 21 hrs ago #25

He just came back from Ukraine - 20 hours on a plane - blood clot? Vinca 21 hrs ago #28

This was my thought Boo1 20 hrs ago #42

Blood clot could cause cardiac arrest. LisaL 19 hrs ago #64

russki operative wolfie001 21 hrs ago #30

i would love a look inside that box rampartd 20 hrs ago #44

What if JPK 18 hrs ago #68

I think he drank himself to death. NCDem47 21 hrs ago #34

I can't handle too much alcohol now, and I'm only 63 MrsCheaplaugh 20 hrs ago #49

I know. I'm 79 and I can't get through that fourth Manhattan anymore. tavernier 17 hrs ago #71

Getting old beats the alternative. The Wizard 15 hrs ago #79

Stress at the top bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #36

Journalese for "Heart Attack." Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #39

ok. i'm out of the gutter. for now rampartd 20 hrs ago #43

No meet the press today, just meet your maker. GreenWave 20 hrs ago #48

"sudden illness" has long been a PR euphemism for things like heart attack and stroke Sympthsical 20 hrs ago #50

Wham Bam thank you Graham Blue Owl 19 hrs ago #51

Poppers while dancing? flying_wahini 19 hrs ago #52

🤣😂 👊 Possibly. We'll never know... not that I'd want to know for sure. QueerDuck 19 hrs ago #57

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 19 hrs ago #55

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 19 hrs ago #56

Maybe we should say, "Well done, Ukraine"? sinkingfeeling 19 hrs ago #59

Well damn dweller 19 hrs ago #60

I'm sorry he didn't suffer longer EnergizedLib 19 hrs ago #61

Red-state, southern diet did him in? He looked rather bloated last time I saw his ugly mug on tv. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 18 hrs ago #66

If it was a heart attack Mz Pip 18 hrs ago #69

They don't have an official cause of death. LeftInTX 15 hrs ago #75

Fair enough Mz Pip 15 hrs ago #80

If it's sudden, it's not brief Grim Chieftain 17 hrs ago #72

Sounds like a heart attack LeftInTX 15 hrs ago #74

I hadn't heard the "chest pains" PCIntern 15 hrs ago #76

His press people were probably rushed and wording wasn't the best LeftInTX 15 hrs ago #77

Pulmonary embolisms and aortal aneurisms are both very sudden... 50 Shades Of Blue 15 hrs ago #78

Well that "Illness was sudden and very brief" but long lasting. republianmushroom 14 hrs ago #81