White House says Bush was treated for Lyme disease a year ago

[MaineDem]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House disclosed Wednesday that President Bush was treated for Lyme disease last summer.

President Bush rides with cyclist Lance Armstrong at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. A spokesman says it's "not uncommon" for Bush to get tick bites during his bike rides

The revelation is in an annual report on Bush's health that declares him "fit for duty." It shows that he was treated last August for symptoms "consistent with early, localized Lyme disease" without any reoccurrence.

White House spokesman Scott Stanzel told CNN that it is "not uncommon" for Bush to get tick bites during his frequent bike rides. Lyme disease can be transmitted through the bite of a tick that carries the disease.

He said the president noticed he had a small rash in a "localized area" of his body last summer, and his doctors treated it.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/08/bush.health/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

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Why the hell are we just learning about this now???

[Eurobabe]

1. So that's why his brain is swiss cheese?

All those tick bites, the blow and the Jack Daniels?

Geez, who woulda ever figured.

[HereSince1628]

2. More lies and secrecy. How do you get ticks riding a bike?

I'm betting he was rolling in the weeds with Condi.

[tanyev]

7. Seems like all that ridiculous brush clearing would be a more likely culprit than the bike rides.

[HereSince1628]

9. Yes, but Lyme disease isn't real common in Texas.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5102a3.htm#fig1

It is much more common in Maryland, as in Camp David, and along the coast through Massachusetts.

The other national focus is in nw Wisconsin which isn't one of Bush's haunts.

I'm sticking with the notion he picked it up at Camp David.

[Virginia Dare]

18. According to WAPO this a.m., it could be STARI,

which is prevelent in Texas. They went ahead and treated him for Lyme since the symptoms are the same. I take all of this with a grain of salt, since they are proven liars. My computer is SLOW this a.m., otherwise I'd provide a link for you.

[heliarc]

26. Stari decisis?

Oh sorry that's Stare decisis... Bush has a crisis of that if his constituents want to unseat all the precedents set for civil rights!

[Virginia Dare]

21. Could have fallen out of a tree?..

or his dog could have picked it up and brought it in the house with him. That's happened to me before. Not to disagree with your statement about lies and secrecy though, who the hell actually knows what's going on.

[MiniMe]

22. You fall off into the weeds

Nobody ever said * was coordinated

[karynnj]

27. He does fall off a lot

and could fall into weeds.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

39. Actually, the ticks are pretty thick in this neck of the woods.

I've had them drop onto me from trees outside my house.

But you're probably right about Condi.

[Doctor_J]

3. If the idiot would spend more time at work and less at his pig farm,

he'd be less likely to get diseases.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to treat the tick?

It suffered a long and painful death from bush disease.

[tnlurker]

6. Now that's funny

[BOSSHOG]

10. I do my best work early in the day

[trashcanistanista]

29. Yes, it certainly is!

:rofl:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

16. There was probably some sort of mind-meld in which the tick

easily overpowered the Chimp.

[MaineDem]

17. That poor kid!

I'm not sure if he's pain or just traumatized by "the touch". Ouch!

[donsu]

25. lol love that kid

nt

[jberryhill]

33. The tick won...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

5. So, a quick search turns up this list of disorders that could occur in the late stage

Neuropsychiatric:

panic attacks, anxiety
depression
short-term memory loss
sleep disturbance
hallucinations
depersonalization
neurocognitive impairment (brain fog)
psychosis (rare) including diagnosis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder<74><75>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease#Late_stage_symptoms

How will we be able to tell? :shrug: MKJ

[lynnertic]

8. Godwin's Law

IIRC Hitler was nuts from syphilis.

[Maeve]

11. Well, he doesn't suffer depression

A bit manic and brain fogged, tho...

I hadn't heard that he was bike riding thru brush and high weeds (where the ticks are). Is there nothing they can be straight about?

[Doctor_J]

15. Or sleep disturbance

he sleeps 10 hrs/day. I guess being conscienceless can help fight off the symptoms.

[CBHagman]

24. Don't forget the narcissism.

We have ample evidence that Bush regards himself as special, as not having to follow rules, and he appears to lack genuine empathy. Oh, he'll chatter about compassion, but there's no real investment there.

Look at this article:


http://www.dlmweb.com/news98.html

Even as a narcissist, Bush knows he isn't a great intellect, and compensates by dismissing the value of intellect altogether. Hence his disses of Gore's bookishness, and any other intellectual that isn't kissing his ass. Bush knows that his greatest personal strength is projecting personal affability, and tries to utilize it even in the most inappropriate settings. That's why he gives impromptu backrubs to the German Chancellor in a diplomatic meeting--he's insecure intellectually, and tries to make everyone into a "buddy" so he can feel more secure. (Pathetic, isn't it?)

The most disturbing aspect about narcissists, however, is their pathological inability to empathize with others, with the exception of those who either mirror them, or whom they idealize. Hence Bush's horrifying insensitivity to the Katrina victims, his callous jokes when visiting grievously injured soldiers, and numerous other instances. The guy simply has no capacity to feel for others in that way. When LBJ was losing Vietnam , he developed a haunted expression that anybody could recognize as indicative of underlying anguish. For all his faults, you just knew he was losing sleep over it. By the same token, we know just as well that Bush isn't losing any sleep over dead American soldiers, to say nothing of dead Iraqis. He didn't exhibit any sign of significant concern until his own political popularity was sliding--because THAT'S something he can definitely feel.

Leaving aside whether that diagnosis is valid or not, it's clear that Bush is by no means the emotionally healthy person a fawning press fell all over itself to depict. He is disturbingly insensitive, unmoved by facts, and given to surrounding himself with sycophants. In all likelihood he fancies himself as a classic independent American hero, but that too seems born of vanity rather than any sort of accomplishment or adherence to principle.

[DrZeeLit]

12. My stepson, an architect, was recently diagnosed. They caught it early, but

he still suffered almost every symptom on your list.
He had a major panic attack at the hospital.
He holed up in his room for several days in the dark.
He cried a lot.

The whole experience was HORRIBLE.
He was convinced he was going to die.

Since he got early treatment and found an expert on the disease to follow his case, he's been fine.
But those first few weeks --- whoa! what a ride!

[MaineDem]

13. I'm sorry for your stepson but I wonder if Georgie had any of those symptoms

As was said above...how would we be able to tell?

Seriously though, I wonder if he did suffer any of the symptoms your stepson did? And they caught that early, too.

Hmmmmmm

[DrZeeLit]

34. Exactly! He MUST have exhibited symptoms or nobody would have

taken the next step.
This is a very very tricky disease.
Unless you see the tick bite (and it does have a recognizable pattern), you only know you have it when you hit the symptoms.
My stepson did not go to the doctor because he saw the bite.
He went based on feeling completely SICK -- and this is a guy who is NEVER sick.
He was out of it -- delirious, with a temperature 103.

After he was in the emergency room for awhile, talking with doctors, THEN he remembered "maybe something" like a bite.

Soooo... * must have been SICK for at least the start.
But... with him... SICK is NORM.

[skids]

36. Yeah that was my immediate thought right after...

...you mean those weren't just scratches from being beaten up by the wife or falling off the bike?

[Evergreen Emerald]

14. " a small rash in a localized area" hmmmm

Sounds like his "treatment" was for a different kind of bite.

[dipsydoodle]

19. Sounds more like

Sleezyricus to me.

[MiniMe]

20. Actually, it produces a bulls eye rash

That's why he has had a target on his butt for the last year.

[aquart]

31. What kind?

[MiniMe]

23. Wonder if he had any tequila to go with that lyme?

[flaminbats]

28. what a brave creature!

breaking news.."Lyme disease, one bloodsucker gives it to another" :wow:

[Missy Vixen]

30. So, the glowing medical reports out of his physicals

were just a lie?

Does anyone remember this besides me?

What else are they lying to the American public about? Maybe I need to refit my tinfoil hat, but I do not believe the "Lyme disease" story.

Julie

[Virginia Dare]

32. Yes, it appears they were "less than forthcoming"..

so to speak. I know, hard to believe with this bunch. I keep my tinfoil hat rather handy at all times with this bunch.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

35. Blame it on Rio or Lyme Disease.

:-) MKJ

[KamaAina]

37. Guess what the No. 2 search on Yahoo! is as I type this???

"Lyme Disease Signs". It trails only "Back to School Bargains" and leads "Julie Delpy".

Somehow I don't think all those searches are coming from Northeasterners (and now Midwesterners) concerned about their health...

edit: maybe we could "Yahoo!-bomb" it to No. 1???

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. So when are the gonna do something about his Slime Disease?

[Tsiyu]

40. Was it called War Between the Worlds or War of the Worlds

where the tiniest organism ended up killing the alien overlords?

Nature will have its say.

Some say....

[Javaman]

41. Yeah, rum, coke and lime. nt

[jamesinca]

42. I thought Chenney bit him

[Lisa]

43. gee, I never thought I would be feeling sorry for a tick ...

The creature is probably still trying to get the vile taste of * out of its mandibles!

[Lisa]

44. what Bush's response might be to any questions on this

Apologies for self-posting, but I just couldn't resist!

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