krs
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posted on January 13, 2002 08:58:02 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush (news - web sites) fainted
briefly in the White House residence Sunday after choking on a pretzel
while watching a National Football League playoff game on television,
White House physician Dr. Richard Tubb said.
The doctor, an Air Force colonel, said Bush quickly recovered and was
doing well.
``He fainted due to a temporary decrease in heart rate brought on by
swallowing a pretzel,'' Tubb said. ``I do not find any reason that this
would happen again.''
Bush, 55, suffered an abrasion on his left cheek the size of a half dollar
and a bruise on his lower lip, apparently from falling onto the floor from
a couch. Bush said he had been feeling under the weather Saturday and
Sunday.
``He had not been feeling well the last couple of days,'' said Tubb,
although Bush had exercised rigorously Saturday and had a lighter
workout Sunday. Tubb said Bush has felt ``a little off his game,'' as if he
was coming down with a head cold.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20020113/ts/bush_health.html
The Office of Home Security has gone to Red, I repeat, Red Alert.
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REAMOND
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posted on January 13, 2002 09:12:09 PM
Should this guy be left alone with food ?
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enchanted
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posted on January 13, 2002 09:27:58 PM
Was the game going that badly for his team?
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kraftdinner
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posted on January 13, 2002 09:30:17 PM
Oh come on.....coming down with a head cold and choking on a pretzel? Sounds like a cover up.
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chococake
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posted on January 13, 2002 09:50:55 PM
Something else he has inherited from pappy? Can't this family eat without choking or throwing up on somebody?
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kraftdinner
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posted on January 13, 2002 09:59:51 PM
Weird how he ends ups with bruises on his face while that Enron thing is going on....
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rawbunzel
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posted on January 13, 2002 10:50:12 PM
Looks like they have to smack him to keep him in line. He's had a lot of marks on his face since he took office.
Hi Enchanted! You're back!
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krs
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posted on January 13, 2002 10:50:23 PM
Remember that sore he had on his cheek during his campaign? I had thought that it was a big zit, but now I'm not so sure.
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chococake
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posted on January 13, 2002 11:31:12 PM
What I don't understand is they say he was alone. If he choked on a pretzel and passed out how was it dislodged? If it was stuck he would have suffocated. If he was just coughing that shouldn't cause him to faint. He would have had to fallen pretty hard to get scrapes and bruises.
So now he will have to go through some tests to see if there is anything serious. What a dysfunctional bunch of officials. Mentally and physically.
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HopelessSinner-07
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posted on January 14, 2002 12:11:32 AM
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enchanted
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posted on January 14, 2002 07:25:08 AM
Hopeless LOL great pic. Good to see you.
Hi Rawbunz and everyone up there 
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fred
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posted on January 14, 2002 08:56:10 AM
Naw! It wasn't a pretzel. It look to me like Mrs G. W. grabbed him by the Stacking Swivel & let go! Ex Teachers are known for that.
Fred
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roadsmith
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posted on January 14, 2002 08:56:47 AM
He had been "a little off his game"???
ROFLMAO Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I'll bet the dogs "look at him funny" often.
I must say that probably Laura heard him choking or coughing and came to his rescue, and that's how this nation was saved from a Cheney presidency.
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blairwitch
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posted on January 14, 2002 08:58:42 AM
At first I thought it was a joke lol. In my opinion he fell off the wagon and passed out from too much booze. Nobody chokes on a pretzel.....or do they??????
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hjw
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posted on January 14, 2002 09:17:21 AM
Hello Blairwitch
Fainting while eating a pretzel is strange.. Since he was alone, how does anyone know that it was a faint and not a slightly longer period of unconsciousness?
Anyway, I would not rush to call him a drunk. I have experienced that unfounded allegation started on this board by a woman who proceeded to spread this false tale accross the web. Several months later the poster admitted that it was a "guess"....A GUESS!
Can you imagine that?
In the future, we may find that he has a medical problem. No facts about this faint have been disclosed.
Helen
[ edited by hjw on Jan 15, 2002 01:45 PM ]
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fred
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posted on January 14, 2002 09:48:35 AM
About a year ago at work. I took a drink of water while setting at my desk. Got choked with a air bubble from the water. I went out like a light. It can happen. Face didn't look very good, but I was ok.
Fred
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snowyegret
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posted on January 14, 2002 12:10:12 PM
He should have stocked up on our soft pretzels when he was in town Fri.
Now that hard pretzels have attacked, I suppose they'll come with a instruction/warning label:
Must Chew to Eat.
You have the right to an informed opinion
-Harlan Ellison
[ edited by snowyegret on Jan 14, 2002 12:13 PM ]
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rawbunzel
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posted on January 14, 2002 12:35:55 PM
Snowy "Must chew to eat"! Too funny!
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krs
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posted on January 14, 2002 02:06:05 PM
There ought to be an inquiry. Choking doesn't reduce a person's heart rate, at least not until the end has passed, if a dead person can be said to have a heart rate of zero. Instead it would tend to elevate the rate--correct me if I'm wrong.
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blairwitch
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posted on January 14, 2002 02:11:24 PM
Helen did you see him this morning? lol. He looked like he had a heck of a hangover. I never thought of it but maybe Laura punched him for doing something? At least Clinton could eat by himself!
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snowyegret
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posted on January 14, 2002 02:55:43 PM
krs, the few people I've seen actually choking (and concious) were panicking, which elevates the heart rate, until those O2 sats start dropping.
They are saying he had a vagal response, which does drop the heart rate, but considering the source....
You have the right to an informed opinion
-Harlan Ellison
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BittyBug
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posted on January 14, 2002 05:28:28 PM
Oh God...I hate to have to be the one to do this...
One's vagal nerve runs fairly close to one's alimentary track and can be stimulated given the right set of circumstances.
Activating a vasovagal responce slows the heart rate through a set of feedback mechanisms. And this could result in a person fainting (a period of syncope).
Vasovagal syncope can be the result of a cardiac condition or it can be completely unrelated to the heart. Some times it can be caused by prolonged bearing down such as passing a constipated stool. It can also be related to cramps along the alimentary canal.
Vasovagal responses are quite common in pregnancy.
I honestly have never heard of it being activated by choking on a pretzel or any food, but have seen it brought on by prolonged vomitting or gagging.
What ever...I personally do not think we got the unedited version of this tale.
http://www.etenet.com/Apps/Library/Corporate.asp?ID=709
Please call me Charlotte so I don't have ta change my ID.
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twinsoft
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posted on January 14, 2002 05:45:44 PM
Bush declares war on Chex Mix, declaring "turn over your pretzels or else." Experts predict the war on pretzels will be the focus of Bush's administration. Packets of salty snacks are reportedly showing up in Senate mailboxes.
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Borillar
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posted on January 14, 2002 05:52:06 PM
You know, I've heard simular stories from domestically abused women trying to cover up what really happened. Not that Mrs. Bush is domestically violent, but the whole epidosde seems too stupid to be real. He got into a fist fight with someone who fought back is my guess.
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kraftdinner
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posted on January 14, 2002 06:01:48 PM
Charlotte, so what you're saying is Bush could have some kind of heart problem brought on by years of constipation?
A fight seems logical to me. Keep a close eye on Laura, Cheney (just kidding), etc. & look for bruises, knife wounds, etc.
P.S. BTW, is Cheney still alive?
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BittyBug
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posted on January 14, 2002 06:11:25 PM
[quote]Charlotte, so what you're saying is Bush could have some kind of heart problem brought on by years of constipation?[/quote]
Nope...just implying he's full of #*!@. 
Please call me Charlotte so I don't have ta change my ID.
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snowyegret
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posted on January 14, 2002 07:23:07 PM
Or he could have been doin' an Elvis.
I heard on the news that now he swallowed it "the wrong way".
You have the right to an informed opinion
-Harlan Ellison
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chococake
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posted on January 15, 2002 12:59:18 AM
After seeing his face today, I have a hard time believing he got that bruise and cut lip from falling off the couch.
If you've ever seen anyone after a fist fight those are very common places on the face which would be caused by a punch. He said the bruise was actually a scrape from his glasses? I don't think so! How was it that he got the split lip?
If it wasn't a fight then he tripped and fell while upright and hit something pretty hard. So, is he just clumsy, or was it something else? Humm.
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yellowstone
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posted on January 15, 2002 08:59:34 AM
It's no laughing matter. He had a cut on his forehead, his cheek was bruised, and this president isn't even married to Hillary.
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DeSquirrel
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posted on January 15, 2002 09:06:04 AM
Actually, what probably helped cause the problem is that they say the president works out every day and has a resting pulse of 40-45, almost half of normal.
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