Kerry has shrapnel in left thigh from Vietnam War injury

AP ^ | 4/24/4 | NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

[SF Republican]

John Kerry has a piece of shrapnel in his left thigh from an injury he suffered in the Vietnam War, his doctor said Friday during a review of 36 pages of the Democratic presidential candidate's military medical records.

[I'm ALL Right!]

OH MY GOSH....I suffered more giving birth to my children and recovering. I had an episiotomy...that's far worse than anything John Kerry experienced.

CAN I HAVE MY PURPLE HEART NOW, PLEASE????

[Michael.SF.]

How does a doctor treat someone for 18 years and not see their thigh?

When a doctor said he did not see the wound, he means he did not see a bleeding gapping gash in Kerry's leg.

One cannot always tell the seriousness of the original wound when looking at a 40 year old scar.

A scar comes from a wound and once a wound is healed it is no longer a wound, it is a scar.

[O Neill]

("Guys like John Kerry spit on guys like me. I've been waiting 33 years to spit back.")

LOL...It's loogey time...

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Jean Le' Kerry Official Shrapnel Wound Cover Up

[Citizen Tom Paine]

As any old sailor knows, chiefs and officers get non specific urethritis from drinking too much coffee. It happened all the time. Are there any old corpsmen out there that could help us out?

[Sub-Driver]

Wow, doesn't seem to stop him from snowboarding or biking.....but then boo boo's are hard to diagnose....pass the barney bandaids.....

[Blood of Tyrants]

The metal detectors aren't sensitive enough to be set of by a piece of metal the size of a grain of sand.

[AmishDude]

Let me guess, even though he sets off every airport metal detector, he gets frisked every time. Right?

Nah, they let him go after he says "Don't you know who I am?"

[Destro]

I agree with andrew1957 I want to see the X-Ray first. With that said - trust but verify in mind - is this a conservative website or a lefty one? Are we making fun of a soldier's service? Not post service record - but during his service? Is not the Republican party the party of duty and honor? Should we not uphold that creed even of the Democrats do not? Salute Kerry's war record and pick apart his Senatorial record. This is beneath us.

[bfree]

The doctor also found Kerry's head firmly embedded in his rectum.

[12chachacha]

And Doyle said Kerry's third Purple Heart came from a dangerous situation on March 13, 1969. He was treated with a tetanus shot, topical dressing and an ace bandage and advised to apply warm soaks to his right forearm.

His first two wounds did not require a tetanus shot??

[O Neill]

Kerry was in Vietnam?

Shrapnel bump...

I thought the 'Shrapnel' (pronounced shrap-NELL) was a snowboard maneuver in which the snowboarder slices through a mogul after a full-turn...

[OneTimeLurker]

Can you elaborate!

[unspun]

"John Kerry has a piece of shrapnel in his left thigh from an injury he suffered in the Vietnam War, his doctor said Friday during a review of 36 pages of the Democratic presidential candidate's military medical records."

That's it, then! I'm chaging my vote to Kerry!   ;-`

[NYC GOP Chick]

Not really, as I'm not a doctor -- but the one with whom I spoke (and he's a fairly hardcore conservative who can't stand Kerry) said that scenario is a definite possibility.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Gerald Doyle, said he could not characterize the severity of the wounds since he didn't see them, but he noted that Kerry was in danger of serious injury several times.

Jeez, this is the strongest statement his doctor could come up with?

[pointsal]

beep, beep, beep ..... please remove you shoes, sir

[Mo1]

Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan interrupted Doyle to ask that he only comment on Kerry's medical records in the military, noting that the doctor had already issued a letter outlining Kerry's health during the 18 years that he has treated the senator

I smell fear from the Kerry Camp

I wonder what they are afraid of??

[Mo1]

Meehan jumping in before the doctor slips

Noticed that too huh??

I smell fear

[Teacher317]

Will it flip-flop to his right thigh next week?