The Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee's cardiologist said in a letter that Fetterman did not follow doctor’s orders after a 2017 appointment.

Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman revealed Friday afternoon that he has a previously undisclosed heart condition, which is why doctors implanted a pacemaker with a defibrillator into his heart last month.

Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, released a letter from his physician that said he was diagnosed with “a decreased heart pump” in 2017 after he came in because his feet were swelling.

The Fetterman campaign had said previously that the pacemaker was helping regulate his atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm also known as A-fib, which led to his stroke in May. But outside doctors said that defibrilators are not used to treat A-fib, and questioned if he had another heart condition.

Ramesh Chandra, Fetterman’s cardiologist, said in the letter that Fetterman did not follow doctor’s orders after the 2017 appointment. Chandra also diagnosed Fetterman with atrial fibrillation at the time.

“I had prescribed medications along with improved diet and exercise and asked him to follow up again in the following months. Instead, I did not see him again until yesterday. John did not go to any doctor for 5 years and did not continue taking his medications.”

His doctor added that he saw Fetterman in a follow-up visit on Thursday, and told the lieutenant governor that while A-fib caused his stroke, “he also has a condition called cardiomyopathy, which is why doctors in Lancaster chose to implant the device.”

Fetterman said in a statement that, “As my doctor said, I should have taken my health more seriously. The stroke I suffered on May 13 didn’t come out of nowhere. Like so many others, and so many men in particular, I avoided going to the doctor, even though I knew I didn’t feel well. As a result, I almost died. I want to encourage others to not make the same mistake.”

Chandra said Fetterman is “well compensated and stable” and “if he takes his medications, eats healthy, and exercises, he’ll be fine.”

LINK: https://www.politico.com/news/...t-condition-00037175

A lying Democrat?

Never saw that coming

Why is this doc discussing his patient's medical condition with the world?

Apparently Fetterman released a letter that his cardiologist sent to him. Most unusual. I wonder the same as Q.

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Apparently Fetterman released a letter that his cardiologist sent to him. Most unusual. I wonder the same as Q.

Yeah, the letter doesn't give him permission to go out there to further discuss anything else. Unless Fetterman gave written authorization, the doc should be in hot water.

HIPPA violation

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HIPPA violation

HIPAA

The cardiologist also sees fit to criticize his patient. Piece of work.

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The cardiologist also sees fit to criticize his patient. Piece of work.

The HIPAA thing didn't come up in my head until it was pointed out. What did pop out was his doctor saying he didn't follow orders. Even if there was no HIPAA, that would tick anyone off. Why the F are you disclosing that to the world???

The article says the doctor sent the letter to Fetterman after he didn’t follow the doctor’s recommendations and Fetterman’s health worsened significantly. The doctor sent a private letter documenting the situation so he’d have something if it goes to court. Since there were questions being asked by the press about the pacemaker and why it was installed, Fetterman released the letter to the press in response.

This isn’t the doctor’s doing and he’s not in hot water. This is all on Fetterman, including his lack of follow-up in not seeing a doctor for several years, his not following the doctor’s orders or taking his meds, and his releasing the doctor’s letter to explain it all.

And that reminds me, I’m overdue for scheduling an appointment.

He’s running for Senate here in PA

He’s trying to get out ahead of this, that’s all.

Guy is weird as hell, he’s a big pot proponent is all I know of him, he was the Lieutenant Governor here in PA serving alongside Emperor Wolf

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He’s running for Senate here in PA

He’s trying to get out ahead of this, that’s all.

Guy is weird as hell, he’s a big pot proponent is all I know of him, he was the Lieutenant Governor here in PA serving alongside Emperor Wolf

That seems to still be his only platform, just like it was when he ran previously: legal weed.

How he's still running on that platform, I have no idea, given that weed is essentially legal.

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He’s running for Senate here in PA

He’s trying to get out ahead of this, that’s all.

Guy is weird as hell, he’s a big pot proponent is all I know of him, he was the Lieutenant Governor here in PA serving alongside Emperor Wolf

That seems to still be his only platform, just like it was when he ran previously: legal weed.

How he's still running on that platform, I have no idea, given that weed is essentially legal.

What's the over/under that he'll even be able to finish his campaign? From what I've read he's still hold up at home recouping with no notice as to when he's going to be back on the campaign trail. It appears even the Dem's are starting to get really nervous about his viability at this point.

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From what I've read he's still hold up at home recouping with no notice as to when he's going to be back on the campaign trail. It appears even the Dem's are starting to get really nervous about his viability at this point.

Just dress him up in a working man's Carhart hospital gown and he can explain to everyone how someone stupid enough to ignore their cardiologist is still smart enough to be a Senator. .. .. now that I read that.. he may be right.

Uh huh

Yep

“Lightheaded”

Probably had another stroke. I predicted he wouldn’t last long in the Senate and would soon be replaced as was the plan all along:

Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized

Saw a shot him sitting at the SOTU and he looked awful.

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Uh huh

Yep

“Lightheaded”

Probably had another stroke. I predicted he wouldn’t last long in the Senate and would soon be replaced as was the plan all along:

Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized

Saw a shot him sitting at the SOTU and he looked awful.

Precisely. The governor then gets to seat an even more wildly leftist lapdog in Fetterman's place without any "say" by the voters.

When we moved from NJ, I told several of our new neighbors that they could relax, we were part of a relief column, not more invaders. Seems we need more reinforcements.

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The governor then gets to seat an even more wildly leftist lapdog in Fetterman's place without any "say" by the voters.

17th Amendment (which should be repealed, and in fact, should never have been ratified):

"When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

So, while the governor will temporarily appoint someone, the PA legislature can call for a special election to fill the vacancy. Whether or not they do is another question.

It seems that was the plan all along...

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So, while the governor will temporarily appoint someone, the PA legislature can call for a special election to fill the vacancy. Whether or not they do is another question.

As of yesterday...

Democrats Take Pennsylvania House From GOP for the First Time in 12 Years
BY ALEKS PHILLIPS ON 2/8/23

Democrats have won control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in special elections for three seats that had remained vacant from the 2022 midterms, marking the first time in 12 years that they have assumed control of the legislative chamber in a key swing state.

The deciding vote on Tuesday marked an end to months of electoral drama. Democrats had won all three seats in November, before all were vacated for different reasons, and votes for two only went ahead after a legal challenge by Republicans was rejected in court.

The results give the Democrats a slim majority of 102 to 101, the same split they held in the 2007-2008 legislative sessions. The party lost a majority of 104 in 2010, and have not been able to recover the speaker's chair until now.

At a news conference in Pittsburgh on Tuesday evening, Representative Joanna McClinton, the Democratic floor leader, noted her party had been in the Pennsylvania House minority for 24 of the past 28 years, according to the Associated Press. Prior to 2007, Democrats held a majority from 1983-1994.

Despite an expected win in the House, based off the initial midterm results, Republicans still hold a majority of 27 to 22 in the state Senate, posing a potential roadblock for legislation to get through to the desk of the new Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro.

However, the results may provide a welcome boon to Democrats' hopes as they look to the 2024 election. Pennsylvania has been a vital swing state in previous presidential races, flipping between Republican and Democrat in 2016 and 2020 and giving the successful candidate in each case its 20 electoral college votes.

Republicans had held a comfortable majority of 113 to 90 in the Pennsylvania House until last year. Redistricting—which occurs once a decade—and a strong showing for Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate, such as John Fetterman, and the Pennsylvania governor helped flip 12 seats.

https://www.newsweek.com/democ...ia-house-gop-1779797

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HIPPA violation

HIPAA

You spell paid endorsement wrong.

"Chandra said Fetterman is “well compensated and stable” and “if he takes his medications, eats healthy, and exercises, he’ll be fine.”"