Bill Clinton to get quadruple bypass surgery today

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-09-03 12:06pm

Multiple lesions on his arteries, so doctor recommended surgery.

Columbia Hospital, NYC

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-09-03 12:38pm

Well, hope he's OK.

Kind of surprised though, I didn't realize he had bad health.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-09-03 01:23pm

Joe wrote:Well, hope he's OK.

Kind of surprised though, I didn't realize he had bad health.

I didn't either.

I guess all the fast food and all the Hillary induced stress could do it to anyone though.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-09-03 01:42pm

Healthy men can still have heart trouble, just ask Arnold Schwarzenegger.

desertjedi · Post by **desertjedi** » 2004-09-03 07:12pm

I seriously doubt that he had a worse diet or habits than most of my friends so I'm pretty sure he'll have a quick recovery. I hope he makes it through without any complications.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-09-03 07:30pm

Tsyroc wrote:I guess all the fast food and all the Hillary induced stress could do it to anyone though.

If I was married to Hitlery, I mean Hillary, I'd probably be dead from a heart attack by age 40, that is if I didn't commit suicide first.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2004-09-03 07:31pm

Hope Mr. Clinton pulls out of this okay.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-09-03 07:32pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Healthy men can still have heart trouble, just ask Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Healthy men who juiced for years, you mean?

(Not that you're wrong, just...not the best example.)

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-09-03 08:01pm

I hope he recovers well. If they caught it before there was an event he will hopefully be well enough.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-09-03 08:03pm

Stormbringer wrote:I hope he recovers well. If they caught it before there was an event he will hopefully be well enough.

It sounds like they did, he was having only mild chest pains and there was no immediate indications of problems during his first battery of tests.

Good luck Mr. President, we're all rooting for you.

Worlds Spanner · Post by **Worlds Spanner** » 2004-09-04 11:03am

You'd be surprised, but up at Columbia Presbyterian this operation is more or less routine, despite it's complexity.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-09-04 11:17am

aerius wrote:If I was married to Hitlery, I mean Hillary, I'd probably be dead from a heart attack by age 40, that is if I didn't commit suicide first.

When the last time you read the news, 1990? Clinton was taking care of business on the extra-marital express, probably starting with the bridesmaids at his wedding reception. If anything gave him a cardiovascular problem, it was because his heart didn't have enough looove for all the ladies he was bangin' (especially considering that many of them were plus size and needed extra oomph), and he strained it in the process. He's getting on in the years, after all.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-09-04 11:17am

The Kernel wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:I hope he recovers well. If they caught it before there was an event he will hopefully be well enough.
It sounds like they did, he was having only mild chest pains and there was no immediate indications of problems during his first battery of tests.

Not that good but it would be survivable.

Worlds Spanner wrote:You'd be surprised, but up at Columbia Presbyterian this operation is more or less routine, despite it's complexity.

Routine doesn't mean that the threat to his life wasn't serious.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-09-04 11:45am

Worlds Spanner wrote:You'd be surprised, but up at Columbia Presbyterian this operation is more or less routine, despite it's complexity.

Surgery is never regarded as "routine" in the medical community and there is increasing concern that this attitude is leading to frivolous and thus unneccessarily risking operations for cosmetic or other purposes because surgery is being viewed less and less as an invasive, traumatic measure which is not to be taken lightly.

Worlds Spanner · Post by **Worlds Spanner** » 2004-09-04 04:41pm

OK, true.

"Routine" is a poor choice of words, and I certainly agree about needless cosmetic stuff.

My point is only that Presbyterian is a damn good hospital for this sort of thing.

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2004-09-04 04:56pm

Well, I don't agree with Clinton on much politically, and I remain convinced that he is a man of less than sterling character, to put it mildly, but my dislike of his politics and character does not extend to ill-wishing. On the contrary, I wish him all the best and hope he has a complete and speedy recovery. Get well Mr. Clinton.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-09-04 05:06pm

This also came as quite a shock to me, but then again I didn't quite realize how old he is. Good luck to him, and his family.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-09-04 05:28pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote: When the last time you read the news, 1990? Clinton was taking care of business on the extra-marital express, probably starting with the bridesmaids at his wedding reception. If anything gave him a cardiovascular problem, it was because his heart didn't have enough looove for all the ladies he was bangin' (especially considering that many of them were plus size and needed extra oomph), and he strained it in the process. He's getting on in the years, after all.

But if he wasn't married to Hitlery he wouldn't have to have those extra-marital relationships with SAP/BJ among others, thus sparing himself from much effort and strain as you say. Thus being married to Hillary is still responsible, albeit in an indirect way for his heart condition.

All kidding aside, I hope he makes a full recovery.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-09-04 05:43pm

Best of luck, Mr. President.

I hope you have a speedy, painless, and complete recovery