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Baitball Blogger

(53,013 posts) Sun Jul 12, 2026, 06:07 PM Sunday

Statin question: If the Senators have access to the best health care, why wasn't Lindsey getting care [View all]

for his heart condition? Hardening of the arteries doesn't just happen over night.

I'm asking because I keep seeing ads that claim that statins do not clear out arteries, which begs the question, why use them at all, then?

So, I'm a bit confused why a Senator would allow a heart condition to go untreated, and if it was treated, what was he taking that evidently, didn't work?

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Statin question: If the Senators have access to the best health care, why wasn't Lindsey getting care [View all] Baitball Blogger Sunday OP

Because sometimes shit just happens even with excellent medical care. Ocelot II Sunday #1

This. Most Americans his age have some hardening of the arteries due to time, but there is not always a way to artemisia1 23 hrs ago #28

Some people choose not to follow the advice of their doctors, and they also refuse to take medicines. Solly Mack Sunday #2

Since he's a public figure, maybe we'll find out. Baitball Blogger Sunday #5

He could have had an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm. Aortic dissection can happen to anyone. Solly Mack Sunday #12

Pills are not on/off switches, and they don't cancel out other choices Maru Kitteh Yesterday #25

Why do you think he wasn't getting care? yardwork Sunday #3

Just seems there would have been warnings if he had been seeing a doctor regularly. Baitball Blogger Sunday #6

That is not accurate. It happens suddenly without warning signs. LisaL Sunday #9

I have to wonder if the call with Trump upset him. yardwork Sunday #19

Burst aorta can happen to anyone Jersey Devil Sunday #4

John Ritter died at age 54 of AD TexasBushwhacker Sunday #24

Because doctors are not magicians. LisaL Sunday #7

An aortic dissection is what killed John Ritter Sympthsical Sunday #8

As I understand it sarisataka Sunday #10

As for statins, here's my understanding (I just started taking them) unblock Sunday #11

An aortic dissection is extremely common. Some cachukis Sunday #13

Alcohol was his medicine dalton99a Sunday #14

Wow! Baitball Blogger Sunday #15

Throw in cornbread/biscuits/gravy. multigraincracker Sunday #17

Just because a person has good healthcare doesn't mean they follow the recommendations they get, or can defeat genetics WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #16

My husband has had two stent placements LeftInTX Sunday #18

Thank you for this information! Baitball Blogger Sunday #20

It is because sta tins are cheaper to produce (profits you know are more important than people) Stargazer99 Sunday #21

I am so sorry that it did this to you. Baitball Blogger Sunday #22

I refuse to take them ShepKat 22 hrs ago #30

I have two friends who got severe moonscape Sunday #23

'I can't die now': Explosive report reveals Graham laughed off advice to seek medical care sheshe2 Yesterday #26

But now you ARE, Lindsey... you ARE dead! QueerDuck 22 hrs ago #29

"I can't die now". A century ago, a wiser man explained why he could, too. DFW 23 hrs ago #27

You can have a dissected aorta and not realize it. no_hypocrisy 21 hrs ago #31

A lesson in there for all of us. Baitball Blogger 21 hrs ago #32

AD is the equivalent of being hit by lightning PCIntern 20 hrs ago #33