Posted on 07/16/2005 12:56:56 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Vice President Dick Cheney suffers from a mild case of esophagitis and some dilation of the arteries behind both knees, his office said Saturday after he completed an annual physical.
Cheney, 64, was at George Washington University Hospital for a colonoscopy, an upper endoscopy and vascular screening. The procedures completed his yearly medical checkup.
In the first part of the exam last week, an annual heart checkup produced good news for Cheney, who has had four heart attacks, though none since he become vice president in 2001.
The latest tests found Cheney's colon, or large intestine, to be normal, according to statement from his spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride.
The endoscopy "indicated mild esophagitis" or swelling or irritation of the esophagus, the tube that leads from the back of the mouth to the stomach. The statement did not elaborate on the cause of Cheney's condition.
Esophagitis frequently occurs when acid-containing fluid flows from the stomach back into the esophagus. Other possible causes include excessive vomiting, surgery and some medications.
Cheney's vascular exam also "identified small, dilated segments of the arteries behind both knees."
The vice president "is awaiting final recommendations from his medical team," the statement said.
Cheney walked briskly out of the hospital and waved to the assembled news media before getting into a car that took him back to his official residence near the Naval Observatory.
Cheney's heart checkup last week found that a pacemaker implanted in his chest in June 2001 was working fine and that it has never had to be activated. The device, called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, is designed to activate automatically if needed to regulate a patient's heartbeat.
Or is Rove calling the shots? Cheney steps down and another VP is installed readying for 08?
/tin-foil hat thought and humor(sort of..) :o)
I was thinking about the switch.
I never said you could use my tin-foil hat! :o)
A little to early. She needs a little more time as SOS.
It's like in my title dude
Just thinking about what he (and Bush) have to put up with gives me reflux. I pray for the VP's health - may he live long and well.
We never did get Clintons medical records after 13 years.
How do we get an update on Cheney before he even gets the KY Jelly wiped off.
And you can be if Hillary is ever prez, we'll never see that medical record either. And if anyone dares to ask, the feminists will freak out over "privacy" issues for women.
be=bet
LOL! Funniest thing I heard all day!
The liberals cannot afford to demand medical records, they're in a corner. What happens if Cheney were to step down?
"Cheney steps down and another VP is installed readying for 08?"
I don't think they could install George Allen, we need him in 08.
Allen/DeLay 08!!!!!
I got this thought. Why not a Rove/Limbaugh ticket early on just to get the DUmmies to OD on all the meds they take? I mean, April 1st, 2006 we launch a massive campign to promote it... and then sit back and pass the popcorn?
You are evil and devious.
I resent resemble that remark! :o)
Maybe Cheney should lay off the NYT and the WaPo.
Not even 3 months later when he was under attack and rushed to the Undisclosed Location. Wow.
I too send up my prayers for the best of health for the Veep!
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