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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

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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 18 hrs ago OP

Recommended. H2O Man 18 hrs ago #1

The weather's fine there durablend 18 hrs ago #3

"But it's a dry heat" Conjuay 13 hrs ago #54

He's definitely not ok. Omnipresent 15 hrs ago #35

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man 7 hrs ago #82

No Omnipresent 2 hrs ago #83

Yes. H2O Man 9 min ago #84

I hope he has a very nice funeral. displacedvermoter 15 hrs ago #40

For a funeral JPK 13 hrs ago #62

But we already know where all roads lead Lifeafter70 18 hrs ago #2

Yea but 71 year old men just up and die all the time. Lets not get carried away. FascismIsDeath 18 hrs ago #4

You're absolutely right... PCIntern 18 hrs ago #5

It depends on what caused the heart attack, if that is even what happened. FascismIsDeath 18 hrs ago #11

There'd be symptoms of pneumonia... PCIntern 17 hrs ago #12

Explosive diarrhea? The Madcap 13 hrs ago #63

I normally analyze language and word usage PCIntern 12 hrs ago #67

Sure, could be completely innocent, but given where it happened in the world, paulkienitz 17 hrs ago #13

You are right. Heart attack or a stroke is not a sudden illness. So why be so secretive? Katinfl 15 hrs ago #37

Assuming soulless Lindsey had a heart,, agingdem 15 hrs ago #41

Maybe he had the same brief and sudden illness liberalgunwilltravel 16 hrs ago #19

You have a good memory for salacious 1970s political trivia. John1956PA 16 hrs ago #21

Happy wasn't so Happy after the event PCIntern 15 hrs ago #38

This message was self-deleted by its author liberalgunwilltravel 14 hrs ago #45

Megan Marshack was the lady who made Happy displacedvermoter 14 hrs ago #46

What can I say? liberalgunwilltravel 13 hrs ago #58

.... wolfie001 15 hrs ago #33

Yep. Had a very healthy friend who suffered a brain aneurism while shopping. She allegorical oracle 15 hrs ago #26

Lindsay had already lingered for too long. Bumbles 15 hrs ago #29

You're right. And we no nothing about his health. Buckeyeblue 12 hrs ago #65

Check out how he looked recently LeftInTX 18 hrs ago #6

"Brief & sudden illness" vs. an "event" like a heart attack ? CincyDem 18 hrs ago #7

Exactly. PCIntern 18 hrs ago #9

No RandySF 18 hrs ago #10

Could also be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. pnwmom 17 hrs ago #14

I was thinking the same thing videohead5 17 hrs ago #16

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

I know someone who died of that.. ananda 17 hrs ago #18

I remember that young NBC reporter, David Bloom, who was traveling with the troops in Iraq wolfie001 15 hrs ago #32

There is a very common genetic variation that increases the risk of a DVT pnwmom 9 hrs ago #73

Are we thinking poison? GPV 17 hrs ago #15

I'm not. I doubt many are. onenote 14 hrs ago #47

Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event JMCKUSICK 16 hrs ago #22

Odd choice of words, indeed.......................... Lovie777 15 hrs ago #27

The reporting is RandySF 18 hrs ago #8

ETTD. Coincidentally he just met with Zelensky and announced sanctions on Russia. lostnfound 16 hrs ago #20

I've been sleeping... Trueblue Texan 16 hrs ago #23

......... wolfie001 15 hrs ago #31

Truly a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!! Trueblue Texan 13 hrs ago #53

Yep! Zero sympathy from me wolfie001 12 hrs ago #70

OMFG!!!!! Lindsay Graham CROAKED?!!! Trueblue Texan 16 hrs ago #24

I had to do it............. twodogsbarking 15 hrs ago #25

He just came back from Ukraine - 20 hours on a plane - blood clot? Vinca 15 hrs ago #28

This was my thought Boo1 14 hrs ago #42

Blood clot could cause cardiac arrest. LisaL 13 hrs ago #64

russki operative wolfie001 15 hrs ago #30

i would love a look inside that box rampartd 14 hrs ago #44

What if JPK 12 hrs ago #68

I think he drank himself to death. NCDem47 15 hrs ago #34

I can't handle too much alcohol now, and I'm only 63 MrsCheaplaugh 14 hrs ago #49

I know. I'm 79 and I can't get through that fourth Manhattan anymore. tavernier 11 hrs ago #71

Getting old beats the alternative. The Wizard 9 hrs ago #79

Stress at the top bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #36

Journalese for "Heart Attack." Kid Berwyn 15 hrs ago #39

ok. i'm out of the gutter. for now rampartd 14 hrs ago #43

No meet the press today, just meet your maker. GreenWave 14 hrs ago #48

"sudden illness" has long been a PR euphemism for things like heart attack and stroke Sympthsical 14 hrs ago #50

Wham Bam thank you Graham Blue Owl 13 hrs ago #51

Poppers while dancing? flying_wahini 13 hrs ago #52

🤣😂 👊 Possibly. We'll never know... not that I'd want to know for sure. QueerDuck 13 hrs ago #57

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 13 hrs ago #55

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 13 hrs ago #56

Maybe we should say, "Well done, Ukraine"? sinkingfeeling 13 hrs ago #59

Well damn dweller 13 hrs ago #60

I'm sorry he didn't suffer longer EnergizedLib 13 hrs ago #61

Red-state, southern diet did him in? He looked rather bloated last time I saw his ugly mug on tv. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 12 hrs ago #66

If it was a heart attack Mz Pip 12 hrs ago #69

They don't have an official cause of death. LeftInTX 9 hrs ago #75

Fair enough Mz Pip 9 hrs ago #80

If it's sudden, it's not brief Grim Chieftain 11 hrs ago #72

Sounds like a heart attack LeftInTX 9 hrs ago #74

I hadn't heard the "chest pains" PCIntern 9 hrs ago #76

His press people were probably rushed and wording wasn't the best LeftInTX 9 hrs ago #77

Pulmonary embolisms and aortal aneurisms are both very sudden... 50 Shades Of Blue 9 hrs ago #78

Well that "Illness was sudden and very brief" but long lasting. republianmushroom 8 hrs ago #81