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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh yeah, Dr. Oz finally won the Republican primary...will be an interesting race of a New Jersey medical doctor TV star vs. a Pennsylvania blue-collar-ish politician with a recent heart condition.

David McCormick Concedes to Dr. Oz in the G.O.P. Primary for Senate in Pennsylvania
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/us/elections/pennsylvania-senate-oz-mccormick.html[/quote]

And Fetterman's doctor released this note:  Why would Fetterman want him to do this?  His doctor didn't need to say anything because...HIPAA.

[quote]His physician, Ramesh R. Chandra, released a scolding note saying that when Mr. Fetterman was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and a decreased heart pump in 2017, he was prescribed medicine, lifestyle changes and follow-up appointments, but that he “did not go to any doctor for five years and did not continue taking his medications.”[/quote]

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Probably for the sake of appearing transparent? Also so he can say that he was ignoring his health before, but now he's not - and one of his big aims is to make sure all Pennsylvanians have access to good medical care so they don't have to go without treatment either.
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^ Me again, and yeah:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/04/us/politics/pa-senate-fetterman-dr-oz.html

[quote]Now that common-man appeal must include the contrition of an ailing patient who ignored his doctor’s advice for years and an overt appeal to the sympathies of the voters.

“Like so many others, and so many men in particular, I avoided going to the doctor, even though I knew I didn’t feel well,” Mr. Fetterman said in a statement on Friday that broke weeks of silence since he had left the campaign trail. “As a result, I almost died. I want to encourage others to not make the same mistake.”

The statement read like a confession. He suffered a stroke last month, just days before Pennsylvania’s primary, and seemed to let his campaign systematically downplay his condition. All that ended on Friday when he admitted that he suffered from a heart condition called cardiomyopathy and had left other heart issues untreated for years.

His physician, Ramesh R. Chandra, released a scolding note saying that when Mr. Fetterman was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and a decreased heart pump in 2017, he was prescribed medicine, lifestyle changes and follow-up appointments, but that he “did not go to any doctor for five years and did not continue taking his medications.”

The drama might enhance Mr. Fetterman’s appeal by further humanizing him, but that is not assured.

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The point of both Fetterman's "confession" and his doctor's scolding is to point out that his condition is manageable and only became a problem because he refused to follow medical advice and "manage" his condition.  The concert after a mild stroke and pacemaker surgery is that he has more serious medical problems that might interfere with him being able to perform the duties of Senator.  The response to the media and public is trying to downplay the seriousness of his condition, e.g. the chance that it would further impact his ability to be Senator.  Instead, his condition was solely because he neglected to follow medical advice, which he is promising not to continue.  He is pledging to follow medical advice, take care of himself, and will be fully healthy to take office and fulfill his duties.

That's the impression he's trying to give.  The Pennsylvania GOP is going to try to spin it that he has a medical condition that may impair his ability to be a fully functional Senator and taking care of Pennsylvania.  A war of words/messages.[/quote]

The job is Senator, not pro athlete. Have people seen the age and overall health of some of the other Senators? Fetterman is still in the top half physically even after the stroke. Nobody would mistake the US Senate for the local peloton class.[/quote]

Agreed, but the media and the GOP have already tried to spin that his health is a major concern for his as a Senator.  They are trying to gain ground by suggesting that his health issues may be problematic and that they are more serious than they seemed.  His statement and his cardiologists statements are designed to combat that message and to convince Pennsylvania voters that the mild stroke and the pacemaker were both manageable health issue that are a non-issue.  [/quote]

If this was a sincere concern, they wouldn’t support Trump.

Fetterman may not be in great shape for his age, but his relative youth means that his life expectancy (from this point forward) is probably still longer than a guy who is nearly a quarter-century older and obese himself.

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And Fetterman is 10 years younger than Dr. Oz (I have to call him Dr. Oz because that was his name when I first saw him on Oprah, even if he has turned out to be a moneygrubbing charlatan).  He does generally look full of vitality.  I do worry that Dr. Oz will spend all his time attacking Fetterman's health,because he's a doctor...[/quote]

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