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Stargazer99

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

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 10:29 PM

22 hrs ago

I take them and it has ruined my life with forgetfulness that is every day problem as I am one of them that it has screw up my brain 24/7. I fear I will wake up one morning and forget who I am. I use a counter oven and microwave
so I don't start a fire in the house by getting side tracked and forget what I have on the stove and cause a fire
A DAMN GOOD REASON WHY BUSINESS SHOULD NEVER BE INVOLVED IN HEALTH CARE. You have no idea how pissed I am struggling through this nightmare

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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 Yesterday OP

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

This. Most Americans his age have some hardening of the arteries due to time, but there is not always a way to artemisia1 14 hrs ago #28

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

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

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

Pills are not on/off switches, and they don't cancel out other choices Maru Kitteh 20 hrs ago #25

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

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

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

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

Burst aorta can happen to anyone Jersey Devil Yesterday #4

John Ritter died at age 54 of AD TexasBushwhacker 21 hrs ago #24

Because doctors are not magicians. LisaL Yesterday #7

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

As I understand it sarisataka Yesterday #10

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

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

Alcohol was his medicine dalton99a Yesterday #14

Wow! Baitball Blogger Yesterday #15

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

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

My husband has had two stent placements LeftInTX Yesterday #18

Thank you for this information! Baitball Blogger Yesterday #20

It is because sta tins are cheaper to produce (profits you know are more important than people) Stargazer99 22 hrs ago #21

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

I refuse to take them ShepKat 13 hrs ago #30

I have two friends who got severe moonscape 22 hrs ago #23

'I can't die now': Explosive report reveals Graham laughed off advice to seek medical care sheshe2 19 hrs ago #26

But now you ARE, Lindsey... you ARE dead! QueerDuck 14 hrs ago #29

"I can't die now". A century ago, a wiser man explained why he could, too. DFW 15 hrs ago #27

You can have a dissected aorta and not realize it. no_hypocrisy 13 hrs ago #31

A lesson in there for all of us. Baitball Blogger 12 hrs ago #32

AD is the equivalent of being hit by lightning PCIntern 12 hrs ago #33