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pnwmom

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73. There is a very common genetic variation that increases the risk of a DVT

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:15 PM

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and most people don't know they're at risk till they've had their first. It wouldn't matter how combat ready they were if they had the gene.

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"Brief and sudden illness"??? [View all] PCIntern 21 hrs ago OP

Recommended. H2O Man 21 hrs ago #1

The weather's fine there durablend 21 hrs ago #3

"But it's a dry heat" Conjuay 16 hrs ago #54

He's definitely not ok. Omnipresent 18 hrs ago #35

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man 10 hrs ago #82

No Omnipresent 4 hrs ago #83

Yes. H2O Man 2 hrs ago #84

I hope he has a very nice funeral. displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #40

For a funeral JPK 15 hrs ago #62

But we already know where all roads lead Lifeafter70 21 hrs ago #2

Yea but 71 year old men just up and die all the time. Lets not get carried away. FascismIsDeath 21 hrs ago #4

You're absolutely right... PCIntern 21 hrs ago #5

It depends on what caused the heart attack, if that is even what happened. FascismIsDeath 20 hrs ago #11

There'd be symptoms of pneumonia... PCIntern 20 hrs ago #12

Explosive diarrhea? The Madcap 15 hrs ago #63

I normally analyze language and word usage PCIntern 15 hrs ago #67

Sure, could be completely innocent, but given where it happened in the world, paulkienitz 20 hrs ago #13

You are right. Heart attack or a stroke is not a sudden illness. So why be so secretive? Katinfl 17 hrs ago #37

Assuming soulless Lindsey had a heart,, agingdem 17 hrs ago #41

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

You have a good memory for salacious 1970s political trivia. John1956PA 19 hrs ago #21

Happy wasn't so Happy after the event PCIntern 17 hrs ago #38

This message was self-deleted by its author liberalgunwilltravel 17 hrs ago #45

Megan Marshack was the lady who made Happy displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #46

What can I say? liberalgunwilltravel 16 hrs ago #58

.... wolfie001 18 hrs ago #33

Yep. Had a very healthy friend who suffered a brain aneurism while shopping. She allegorical oracle 18 hrs ago #26

Lindsay had already lingered for too long. Bumbles 18 hrs ago #29

You're right. And we no nothing about his health. Buckeyeblue 15 hrs ago #65

Check out how he looked recently LeftInTX 21 hrs ago #6

"Brief & sudden illness" vs. an "event" like a heart attack ? CincyDem 21 hrs ago #7

Exactly. PCIntern 20 hrs ago #9

No RandySF 20 hrs ago #10

Could also be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. pnwmom 20 hrs ago #14

I was thinking the same thing videohead5 20 hrs ago #16

Ding! Ding! Ding! Roy Rolling 20 hrs ago #17

I know someone who died of that.. ananda 19 hrs ago #18

I remember that young NBC reporter, David Bloom, who was traveling with the troops in Iraq wolfie001 18 hrs ago #32

There is a very common genetic variation that increases the risk of a DVT pnwmom 12 hrs ago #73

Are we thinking poison? GPV 20 hrs ago #15

I'm not. I doubt many are. onenote 17 hrs ago #47

Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event JMCKUSICK 19 hrs ago #22

Odd choice of words, indeed.......................... Lovie777 18 hrs ago #27

The reporting is RandySF 20 hrs ago #8

ETTD. Coincidentally he just met with Zelensky and announced sanctions on Russia. lostnfound 19 hrs ago #20

I've been sleeping... Trueblue Texan 18 hrs ago #23

......... wolfie001 18 hrs ago #31

Truly a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!! Trueblue Texan 16 hrs ago #53

Yep! Zero sympathy from me wolfie001 15 hrs ago #70

OMFG!!!!! Lindsay Graham CROAKED?!!! Trueblue Texan 18 hrs ago #24

I had to do it............. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #25

He just came back from Ukraine - 20 hours on a plane - blood clot? Vinca 18 hrs ago #28

This was my thought Boo1 17 hrs ago #42

Blood clot could cause cardiac arrest. LisaL 15 hrs ago #64

russki operative wolfie001 18 hrs ago #30

i would love a look inside that box rampartd 17 hrs ago #44

What if JPK 15 hrs ago #68

I think he drank himself to death. NCDem47 18 hrs ago #34

I can't handle too much alcohol now, and I'm only 63 MrsCheaplaugh 16 hrs ago #49

I know. I'm 79 and I can't get through that fourth Manhattan anymore. tavernier 14 hrs ago #71

Getting old beats the alternative. The Wizard 12 hrs ago #79

Stress at the top bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #36

Journalese for "Heart Attack." Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #39

ok. i'm out of the gutter. for now rampartd 17 hrs ago #43

No meet the press today, just meet your maker. GreenWave 17 hrs ago #48

"sudden illness" has long been a PR euphemism for things like heart attack and stroke Sympthsical 16 hrs ago #50

Wham Bam thank you Graham Blue Owl 16 hrs ago #51

Poppers while dancing? flying_wahini 16 hrs ago #52

🤣😂 👊 Possibly. We'll never know... not that I'd want to know for sure. QueerDuck 16 hrs ago #57

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 16 hrs ago #55

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 16 hrs ago #56

Maybe we should say, "Well done, Ukraine"? sinkingfeeling 16 hrs ago #59

Well damn dweller 16 hrs ago #60

I'm sorry he didn't suffer longer EnergizedLib 16 hrs ago #61

Red-state, southern diet did him in? He looked rather bloated last time I saw his ugly mug on tv. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 15 hrs ago #66

If it was a heart attack Mz Pip 15 hrs ago #69

They don't have an official cause of death. LeftInTX 12 hrs ago #75

Fair enough Mz Pip 11 hrs ago #80

If it's sudden, it's not brief Grim Chieftain 14 hrs ago #72

Sounds like a heart attack LeftInTX 12 hrs ago #74

I hadn't heard the "chest pains" PCIntern 12 hrs ago #76

His press people were probably rushed and wording wasn't the best LeftInTX 12 hrs ago #77

Pulmonary embolisms and aortal aneurisms are both very sudden... 50 Shades Of Blue 12 hrs ago #78

Well that "Illness was sudden and very brief" but long lasting. republianmushroom 11 hrs ago #81