Monday, May 24, 2010

Cachexia


I was watching the news and saw some recent photos of Hillary Clinton. She looked like there had been a rapid weight loss and there is definately a redistribution of her facial fat that is not typical with dieting. Curious, I looked back over the last few months and there definately seems to be something going on. From the dates of the photos it is happening fast. She also has changed her posture and hardly ever shows energy. Something is going on, chemo perhaps?

4 comments:

SeaSpray said...
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Unknown said...

Interesting - and good call. I agree.

SeaSpray said...

Wow ..Throckmorton ..if she is going through something like that ..she is one tough lady. Maybe she is just fatigued from all the stress and travel. I looked up the meaning of your title and I have seen that look in people. :(

Throckmorton ..I am sorry I spilled over with my concerns about friend and is why I deleted. Selfish on my part.. even if frustrated... and scared ..but trying to have faith and trying like heck to understand the turtle pace med professionals seem to be working at. And *seriously* ..if they could JUST put a pt in the hospital and order the darn tests like they would for ANY inpt ..this could've been handled in a few days. I'm just saying and we don't even have the socialized hc in place yet. How much worse will THAT be as far as expediency goes? And I know ..ins won't pay for inpt ..but *lives* are at stake and maybe ..just maybe ..if they *moved* on it ..*more* patients would *live* and more patients would not have the astronomical bills because of needing MORE medical care that may've been avoided if acted on earlier.

Okay I did it again ..but deleted the personal stuff. The patient would only need one night...2 days for testing and 4 days max for result all together but I'll bet could be sooner. Too bad docs can't *find* a reason to admit.Then again ..you can't fill up hospital beds. GOSH!

James Sentman said...

Thanks a lot! I've just wasted an hour reading up on hydrazine sulfate. I just though it was a rocket fuel oxidizer and didn't know anyone had ever decided to eat the stuff. It's no wonder normal people resort to blocking it all out when the experts get so conspiratorial sometimes.