re: #64 BishopX

NYTimes was saying the the stroke was on side of his brain most likely to effect motor control as opposed to messing up his speech or writing abilities… that’s something I guess. We can only hope now.

High stress situations are a bitch, being Senator and giving a rat’s ass about the job must come with risks. It’s a miracle I survived my hypertensive crisis without blowing out or permanently damaging anything of value. I went in with a BP of 220/180 and they put me on anti seizure meds during my stay purely as a prophylactic. Had a bad pain reaction to the IV shunt that sent me vasovagal in the ER, got the whole sublingual nitroglycerine treatment from an very nice nurse. Spent a few days in the ICU, got jelly spread all over my torso by an echo tech that was a dead ringer for Michelle Rodriguez … awkward but fun. I was a liberal before but the whole experience made the healthcare debate intensely personal.