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Wednesdays

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2. You can't risk ignoring warning signs.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2026, 01:51 PM

18 hrs ago

About nine years ago, I was having persistent chest pains. Hauled my ass to the hospital ER, and they checked me in. Two days later, triple-bypass heart surgery.

I'm still here to tell the tale. If I had ignored my symptoms, I would not be.

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Lindsey Graham Shrugged Off Calls to See Doctor Before Death [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 19 hrs ago OP

Ya know, Donny tRump is a lot smarter than any "doctor" out there Blue Owl 18 hrs ago #1

You can't risk ignoring warning signs. Wednesdays 18 hrs ago #2

This is based on a story written by Barak Ravid in Axios - a complete shill and propagandist Prairie Gates 18 hrs ago #3

I thought I read it elsewhere as well fujiyamasan 18 hrs ago #5

It's all sourced back to Ravid who supposedly spoke with "a person" who told him all this Prairie Gates 17 hrs ago #12

Opinions on whether Lindesey did the right thing here might follow party lines struggle4progress 18 hrs ago #4

Unbelievably foolish but I have questions as to why... hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #6

A significant number of men don't regularly go to the doctor EdmondDantes_ 18 hrs ago #7

I hint at nothing. In fact, if anything my comments support a male fear of health care... hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #9

I think he was being treated. Just my opinion. LeftInTX 18 hrs ago #8

Usually there is some information released at time of preliminary cause of death, but it may be coming... hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #10

Sounds like the 'warning' Boo1 18 hrs ago #11

He made the right decision. Johonny 17 hrs ago #13

Dude was beginning to look like Boris Yeltsin. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 17 hrs ago #14