Bush Apparently Had Lyme Disease

[Fleshdancer]

That poor tick....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR2007080802268.html?hpid=topnews

President Bush was treated a year ago for what appears to have been Lyme disease, the White House said yesterday in disclosing the results of his annual physical exam.

A report of the president's recent medical examination said his case had "complete resolution" and was "without recurrence" since being treated last August. The illness, an infection carried by deer ticks that is prevalent in the Northeastern United States, had not been previously revealed.

While untreated Lyme disease can cause arthritis, an abnormal heart rhythm and problems with the nervous system, those complications usually can be prevented by taking antibiotics at an early stage of the infection. The medical record did not describe the details of the president's therapy.

[msongs]

1. is this what they learned from his colonoscopy? nt

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

3. Far more realistic/plausible if

they did a colonoscopy and discovered he had Alzheimers

DBDB

[TankLV]

19. they did the colonoscopy and discovered he had HOOF & MOUTH DISEASE!

coupled with at touch of Hitler's nose...

[C_U_L8R]

2. Can Ticks get treated for Bush Disease ?

[Fleshdancer]

5. I hope so. Nothing worse than a dumb dangerous tick on the loose. n/t

[johnnie]

4. I hear he also has "shit for brains" disease

But they are keeping it a secret until he says something stupid.

[grasswire]

6. and why did they keep this secret from the American people?

Huh?

I believe the medical record should be open. We should know what medications the president is receiving. Absolutely.

[BurtWorm]

7. "The medical record did not describe the details of the president's therapy."

A shot of Tequila anytime someone calls him an ass.

(Tequila goes with Lyme.)

[Trillo]

14. I wonder if he had the alleged "weaponized" version?

That would explain the omission. Perhaps it required a special request for the cure -- hush -- hush -- :tinfoilhat:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Connecticut's Revenge...

For the fact he had the poor taste to be born there.

[FourScore]

9. OMG!!! How's the tick??? n/t

[nytemare]

10. Clearing brush in Crawford again? n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

11. Check out the differences of responses when Sen. Schumer had a tick bite:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=lyme%20disease

[Contrary1]

18. :-)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839334/posts

[Bitwit1234]

12. According to the net.....

Unless it is caught...right away....it can lead to brain disease. I don't think they caught it right away...maybe that is the cause of his actions, do you think....

[orleans]

21. then he probably got ticked years ago

because we know he's been brain damaged for a very long time

[merh]

13. You can't blame the tick

it's hard to tell one blood sucking parasite from another.

[glitch]

20. frickin cannibal. nt

[mrreowwr_kittty]

15. Lyme disease is some serious stuff. Why are we just learning about this now?

I know a woman who had it and it really messed up her life. She described being extremely tired and lethargic, while her body was fighting the infection.

I still think he's drinking, though.

[razors edge]

16. Probably just precautionary,

like taking Cipro before the Anthrax release.

[HughMoran]

17. Maybe that explains some of his weird tics a while back?

?

[jmowreader]

22. From what I've heard...

the ticks that cause Lyme disease are blood-sucking parasites and a scourge on all mankind.

Why, then, wouldn't they leave Bush alone out of professional courtesy?